Take heed to Divorce’s soothing new single ‘Antarctica’
Divorce have shared the newest single from their upcoming debut album, within the type of ‘Antarctica’ – hearken to the monitor beneath.
In September, the Nottingham band introduced particulars of ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’, their first studio album. The 12-track file can be launched on March 7, 2025 by way of Gravity/Capitol and you may pre-order/pre-save it here.
Now, they’ve shared ‘Antarctica’, a heat, woozy, autumnal monitor based mostly round warped, breezy guitar traces and reflective lyrics from singer Felix Mackenzie-Barrow. Test it out right here:
Talking in regards to the track, Mackenzie-Barrow has stated: “I wrote ‘Antarctica’ on the finish of a protracted and deeply necessary relationship as a solution to self-soothe and make sense of the loss I used to be feeling while touring continuous. Considering of the silent indifference of that huge continent on the backside of the world was and nonetheless is one thing of a meditation for me. Barry Lopez describes Antarctica as ‘totally distant, whilst you stand in it. The sunshine itself is aloof.’
“The track additionally recounts an occasion that Tiger [Cohen-Towell, bassist] and I skilled, encountering a new child calf in the midst of the street on a late night time drive. It felt pressing; the calf’s defencelessness was unimaginable to disregard and we carried it again into the farm. There was a selection there. Did we rescue it from the street the place it might have been hit by a human in a automotive or did we simply ship it again to be killed by a distinct human additional down the road?
“Neither choice feels good or makes any sense to me, however the feeling of its fur lined in afterbirth and the determined cries of its mom is one thing I’ll always remember.”
‘Antarctica’ follows on from September’s ‘All My Freaks’, a shiny, synth-laden track that examined egos throughout the music business. Earlier singles embody ‘Gears’ and ‘My Room’.
‘Drive To Goldenhammer’ was recorded at Actual World Studios in Wiltshire with producer Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Foals, Wolf Alice). In response to a press launch, the LP explores “themes of transformation”, and accommodates “heart-on-sleeve sentiments and tongue-in-cheek humour, devastation, playfulness and all-consuming emotions”.
The band defined in a joint assertion: “We’re very pleased with ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’. We bought to make an album the best way we needed to, stored the bizarre components in, adopted the heat and didn’t overthink it.
“This album pays homage to searching for place and residential; one of many nice human levellers. A lot of life feels at odds with this explicit want. And to Goldenhammer; you’re a motive to maintain driving. We’ll discover you repeatedly!”
Divorce have additionally been confirmed as one of many help acts for The Maccabees’ large reunion present at All Factors East 2025, which is happening on August 24 in London’s Victoria Park.