Divorce announce debut album 'Drive To Goldenhammer' and share lead single 'All My Freaks' • Neu • DIY Magazine

Nottingham’s Divorce have announced that their anticipated debut album will be entitled ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’, and will be released on 7th March 2025 via Gravity / Capitol.

Having initially formed in 2021 via the Midlands’ burgeoning grassroots scene, the four-piece have since gone from strength to strength, releasing two EPs - 2022’s ‘Get Mean’ and 2023’s ‘Heady Metal’ - and forming part of DIY’s Class of 2024 back in our December 2023/January 2024 issue.

Combining country, indie-rock, folk, and pop, ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’ sees Divorce hone their distinctive amalgamated sound and land on 12 tracks that explore memory, belonging, and a deep sense of place (namely, their beloved Midlands), all of which are manifested in the fictional location of Goldenhammer.

“We’re very proud of ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’,” the band have shared. “We got to make an album the way we wanted to, kept the weird parts in, followed the warmth and didn’t overthink it. This album pays homage to seeking place and home; one of the great human levellers. Much of life feels at odds with this particular need. And to Goldenhammer; you are a reason to keep driving. We will find you again and again!”

Of the album’s just-released lead single, ‘All My Freaks’, vocalist and bassist Tiger Cohen-Towell has explained that “being a musician can be brutal. I feel like you hear more and more songs coming from artists purely about the trials and tribulations of being a musician, feeling like you aren’t getting enough, or feeling like you’ve got too much and you don’t deserve it. It’s gotten a bit meta if you think about it.

“‘All My Freaks’ is about that too, written from the perspective of a humorous/tragic caricature of an up-and-coming artist, this song is laughing at our own egos and yet acknowledging the power that they wield. Putting this out as the first offering from our debut album felt fitting, as we are hypothetically straddling our jet skis and crossing the ocean of delusion to hopefully reach the isle of public approval.”

Check out the irreverent video for ‘All My Freaks’ and find out where you can catch Divorce live this Autumn below.

Divorce’s Autumn 2024 UK tour dates are:

SEPTEMBER 2024
25 Bodega, Nottingham (sold out)
26 Bodega, Nottingham (sold out)
27 Bodega, Nottingham (sold out)
28 Bodega, Nottingham (sold out)

OCTOBER 2024
03 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
04 The Cavern, Exeter
05 The Joiners Arms, Southampton
07 The Boileroom, Guildford
08 The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
09 Face Bar, Reading
10 Whereelse?, Margate
12 The Waterfront Studio, Norwich
13 The Portland Arms, Cambridge
14 Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield (sold out)
15 The Parish, Huddersfield
17 The Crescent, York
18 Cluny 2, Newcastle Upon Tyne
19 Future Yard, Birkenhead
20 Blackpool Central Library, Blackpool
22 The Horn, St Albans
23 Islington Academy Hall, London