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

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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).