Divorce announce ‘Heady Metal’ EP and share new single ‘Scratch Your Metal’
The genre-crossing group’s latest banger reinforces the boundless potential surrounding the four-piece and their upcoming EP.
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Nottingham indie rockers Divorce have announced their upcoming EP Heady Metal alongside the release of their latest single Scratch Your Metal.
Written by songwriting duo Tiger Cohen-Towell (Vocals, Bass) and Felix Mackenzie-Barrow (Vocals, Guitar), the band’s latest track and EP marks an even closer collaboration between the two bandmates, as they set out to provide a strikingly vulnerable portrayal of insecurity whilst recounting how they grappled with identity following their impressive rise.
Co-vocalist and bassist Tiger Cohen-Towell said: “I think this is probably the closest thing to a love song that’s been written for Divorce. ‘Scratch Your Metal’ means showing the most difficult and sometimes unbearable parts of yourself outwardly, because the sound of something scratching against metal is the most unpleasant noise I can think of. To be earnest, the song is about the duality of relationships, and accepting a partner as flawed and human in the same ways as yourself.”
On the accompanying video, drummer Kasper Sandstrøm added: “For this video, we worked with our good pals Clump Collective to create something really free flowing. The theme of the song is based on identity in all its forms, so we decided that instead of coming up with a choreographed dance that we needed to practice beforehand, we’d move in ways that felt natural to each of us, no matter how it looked! It turns out we’re all secretly professional dancers, which made the process extremely easy and not at all time consuming.”
Produced by Matt Peel (Dream Wife, Eagulls) and mixed by Grammy-nominated producer Catherine Marks (Foals, The Killers, Wolf Alice), Divorce’s Scratch Your Metal is available now on all digital platforms.
Their upcoming EP Heady Metal is set for release November 17th via Gravity / EMI Records.