Divorce explore “sexual awakenings” on new single ‘Pill’

Divorce have shared a new single called ‘Pill’ – you can listen to it below.

The song marks the latest preview of the Nottingham band’s debut studio album ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’, which arrives on March 7 via Gravity/Capitol (pre-order/pre-save here).

“‘Pill’ was written on not my piano at not my flat in not my city; Glasgow to be specific. It’s about sexual awakenings and the absolute thrill of feeling seen properly,” explained co-vocalist and guitarist Tiger Cohen-Towell.

“It’s also about a long-term long-distance relationship that turned my life upside down (and continues to), and my relationship with a new place alongside that. It’s one of the queerest songs on the record, all three sections highlight a different realm of my queer experience.”

Cohen-Towell continued: “It’s also potentially the most unconventionally arranged song on the record, and making it was a very playful and light-hearted process.

“From the get-go I wanted it to have three very different sections in this song, the rest of the band trusted that instinct and we all threw ourselves into making it work, so it was nice to feel professionally seen whilst making a song about feeling personally seen!”

The pulsating and swooning ‘Pill’ boasts distorted guitars, strings and an emotive solo piano interlude, with Divorce dabbling in alt-country and displaying a more theatrical side to their sound.

It follows on from Divorce’s 2024 singles ‘All My Freaks’ and ‘Antarctica’. Check out the official visualiser above.

‘Drive To Goldenhammer’ was recorded at Real World Studios in Wiltshire with producer Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Foals, Wolf Alice). Per a press release, the album explores “themes of transformation”, and contains “heart-on-sleeve sentiments and tongue-in-cheek humour, devastation, playfulness and all-consuming feelings”.

“We’re very proud of ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’. We got to make an album the way we wanted to, kept the weird parts in, followed the warmth and didn’t overthink it,” Divorce said in a previous statement.

“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!”

Divorce are set to embark on a UK and Ireland headline tour this spring, concluding with a show at KOKO in London. Find any remaining tickets here, and see the full schedule below.

Divorce’s 2025 UK/Ireland tour dates are: 

MARCH
27 – The Bullingdon, Oxford
28 – Strange Brew, Bristol
29 – The Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
31 – Ulster Sports Club, Belfast

APRIL 
01 – The Workman’s Club, Dublin
03 – Gorilla, Manchester
04 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
05 – Stereo, Glasgow
08 – Chalk, Brighton
09 – KOKO, London

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