The mellow track signals that we’re entering a more mature and confident era of the band, with the simplicity of the production and arrangement allowing listeners to really wrap their head around the band’s pop-grunge-country sound.

Yet, Eat My Words isn’t without emotion. Beginning with a quiet profundity, the song develops into one that is rife with energy that at times bubbles into subdued anger and desperation. This emotion is crafted into a climax two-thirds into the track, before returning to the muted feelings that end poetically unresolved.

It’s the emotional energy that really stands out in Eat My Words, but it must be acknowledged that it is the effortless beauty of all the other elements that allows this emotion to sing (…pun intended). The melodious guitar, decorated with country slides, acts as scenery to the vocals, providing it with a perfect background that never once overpowers but gives the listener much depth and tone. Importantly, the guitar licks feel natural and unrehearsed, bringing true authenticity to the recording, the perfect accompaniment to the emotionally raw vocals.

Partnered with this is the understated rhythm guitar that creates special moments throughout the track, with distorted chord crunches proceeding its dramatic silence. These moments of emptiness work synergistically with the other layers of the track, adding little pockets of surprise for the listener, encouraging reflection on provocative lyrics such as ‘…baby nothings real underneath’.

Eat My Words is an absolute triumph of a single, studded with a real sense of authenticity and certainty that feels like a turning point for the band. Divorce have found their sound, and it shows, with oozing confidence to own this corner of the industry as they continue to grow in their success.