Divorce have released a surprise deluxe edition of their debut album, ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’, alongside a new single, ‘Wendolene’, which arrives with a video.
The expanded edition features three new songs, early demos, and BBC Radio sessions, including a live cover of Queen’s ‘I Want To Break Free’.
Singer and guitarist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow explains: “On our debut album ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’, we sought to build a makeshift place and home within the songs and each other amidst the transience of our lives on the road over the last few years. With the ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’ Deluxe Edition, along with live versions of some of the album tracks, you’ll hear unreleased songs and demo recordings that landed somewhere on the outskirts of Goldenhammer like ‘O Calamity’ and ‘Chip’ or ‘Pretty Lights and ‘Tiny Animals’. In ‘Wendolene’, we are beginning the journey onwards, towards wherever it is we feel we want to go.”
Speaking on the new single, the band shared: “Wendolene hints at what lies beyond Drive to Goldenhammer, bridging a gap toward our next chapter, and whilst we tried to maintain the surrealism of the record this edges into something darker than most of our debut record. Also, as a band we’re obsessed with Wallace and Gromit, so this song pays homage through its title to A Close Shave, and if you have a sharp eye you may see a very niche reference to the film in the music video! Whilst we were recording we sung to pictures of Wendolene and Cilla Black, which I think if you listen carefully is very obvious in the vocal performance.”
The band’s upcoming live dates read:
SEPTEMBER
17 The Rockwell, Somerville, USA
18 Elsewhere Zone 1, Kings County, USA
19 Pie Shop, Washington, USA
20 MilkBoy, Philadelphia, USA
22 The Sound Garage, Toronto, Canada
25 Schubas, Chicago, USA
27 Baba Yaga, Seattle, USA
29 Brick & Mortar Music Hall, San Francisco, USA
OCTOBER
2 Gold-Diggers, Los Angeles, USA
NOVEMBER
28 La Belle Angele, Edinburgh, UK
29 The Grove, Newcastle, UK
DECEMBER
3 The Globe, Cardiff, UK
4 Papillon, Southampton, UK
5 Arts Centre, Norwich, UK
6 The Lido, Margate, UK
9 Crookes Social Club, Sheffield, UK
10 Academy 2, Manchester, UK
11 Trinity Centre, Bristol, UK
13 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
The tracklisting for ‘Drive to Goldenhammer (Deluxe Edition)’ reads:
Disc 1
‘Antarctica’
‘Lord’
‘Fever Pitch’
‘Karen’
‘Jet Show’
‘Parachuter’
‘All My Freaks’
‘Hangman’
‘Pill’
‘Old Broken String’
‘Where Do You Go’
‘Mercy’
Disc 2
‘Wendolene’
‘O Calamity’
‘Chip’
‘Tiny Animals (Demo)’
‘Pretty Lights (Demo)’
‘Karen (Abbey Road Session)’
‘Pill (Live at the BBC)’
‘I Want To Break Free (Live at the BBC)’
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