Divorce have launched an empowering new single referred to as ‘Hangman’. Test it out under.
Shared at the moment (February 6), the monitor marks the ultimate providing from the band’s forthcoming debut album ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’.
Set for launch on March 7 through Gravity/Capitol, the document has already been previewed by radiant lead single ‘All My Freaks’, breezy monitor ‘Antarctica’ and liberating anthem ‘Capsule’. You possibly can pre-order and pre-save the album right here.
For ‘Hangman’, Felix Mackenzie-Barrow and co. use the monitor to pay their tribute to the tireless efforts of social care staff, and share their gratitude for individuals who dedicate their lives to caring for others.
“I care about you already/ I wish to elevate you up,” the co-vocalist and guitarist sings within the empowered monitor. Test it out under.
In response to the singer, the tune got here collectively after his personal time working as a assist employee – an expertise that made him realise the efforts that go into the profession.
“I wrote Hangman late one evening, freezing in my mouldy bed room after an extended shift as a assist employee; the job I used to be doing on the time,” he mentioned. “The job I used to be doing necessitated a excessive degree of emotional management, which was not one thing I had skilled earlier than and so writing in regards to the work and permitting my unconscious to movement freely helped me to achieve some perspective.”
He continued: “I listened to it on the way in which again to work the next morning again and again and I felt like I’d completed a superb one. I solely labored in that job for about six months, however it was concurrently the toughest and most rewarding work I’ve ever completed.
“The admiration I’ve for the folks I labored with and the individuals who select that profession is immense. The world of social care is hidden in a society that likes to faux it doesn’t exist, however it’s vital and deserves rather more focus and funding than it at present receives.”
As for the document as an entire, ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’ was made alongside producer Catherine Marks (Boygenius, Foals, Wolf Alice), and explores each “themes of transformation” and “heart-on-sleeve sentiments and tongue-in-cheek humour, devastation, playfulness and all-consuming emotions”.
“This album pays homage to in search of place and residential; one of many nice human levellers. A lot of life feels at odds with this explicit want. And to Goldenhammer; you’re a purpose to maintain driving. We are going to discover you repeatedly!”
In addition to gearing as much as launch the album, Divorce are additionally set to embark on a UK and Eire headline tour this spring, which features a cease at KOKO in London. Discover any remaining tickets right here.
