NEW SINGLE RELEASE – Milly Upton ‘Wanna Get Out’
27 December 2023
Forming in 2021 from a ‘quarter life crisis’ and the magnetic Nottingham local scene, Divorce have been scaling the indie scene ever since. After performing in the UK’s leading venues supporting Everything Everything and The Vaccines, Divorce seem to be ripping a current through the underground stream. Now, the group teamed up again with celebrated producer Catherine Marks, who worked on projects with boygenius, PJ Harvey and Wolf Alice in the past.
Divorce is keeping up with the company they keep, with their upcoming UK tour selling out their four-night residency at The Bodega in their native rebel city. Gravity Records signed with the group in 2023 with their EP ‘Heady Metal’. The EMI affiliate record label continuing to represent their list of singles, ‘My Room’ setting up tremendous momentum for the East Midland powerhouses.
The track opens with delicious vocals from Tiger Cohen-Towell, melting seamlessly into a soft country twang that almost command a sway from the listener. Paired with a visualiser on YouTube, Divorce create the opening to a track fit for a romantically lit saloon.
‘My Room’ is a record which feels like a standstill of ultimatums and devotional love. Threaded with metaphors of revealing one’s true, unfiltered self, the single weaves a patch work of indie, folk and chamber pop. The lyrics are particularly fragrant and enticing, depicting highs of a ‘heaven,’ ‘dream’-like haze before we plunge back to brutal reality of earthly problems in the chorus. The confessional lyrics ‘You can’t see my house if you don’t want to see my room’ reach out to the listener which ultimately leaves them eating out of Divorce’s palm.
The quartet’s musical relationship with each other feels very intuitive and connected throughout the track, which may be partly to answer for their continued presence in BBC 6’s mixtapes and playlists for the past year. The mixture of Tiger Cohen-Towell and Adam Peter Smith’s relentlessly charged vocals create a lovely tone and duality to the song, a reminder of the multifaceted, complexity of our day-to-day relationships.
As the track rises, the piercing guitar solo skilfully cuts through the track accompanied by adlibs and relentless spirit. The ending crescendo is a credit to the band’s musical talents as well as Mark’s skilful production which truly elevate the group’s sound. A particularly enjoyable touch was the use of a children’s choir in the song’s climax, you can imagine ‘There’s something in my head tonight that I cannot refute’ ringing through the audiences of their upcoming tour.
For those who are fans of catching bands before the BBC 6 listener’s, Divorce are ones to listen to while you can still claim you’re an O.G! To catch these guys, you can see them on their upcoming 2024 UK tour starting in Nottingham on 25th September before finishing in Islington Assembly Hall in London on the 23rd of October.
