One to watch: Divorce
Central to Divorce's heart-on-sleeve charm is the pairing of co-vocalists Tiger Cohen-Towell and Felix Mackenzie-Barrow. Both storytellers with an ear for a pleasingly odd detail and a delivery that leaves it all on the stage, they're the endearing fulcrum at the centre of a band that musically bend all sorts of ideas – country; indie; heavy, shouty catharsis on Karen; Americana sweetness on Parachuter – to their own shape.
Having recently supported Bombay Bicycle Club and Everything Everything, Divorce offer shades of both those bands' approach to the smarter corners of commercial indie: the nuanced, wide-eyed romance of the former mixed with the nerdy playfulness of the latter. But Drive to Goldenhammer displays a depth to the songwriting that feels hard-earned, exciting and entirely their own.
Drive to Goldenhammer is out now via Gravity/Capitol. Divorce tour the UK until 9 April
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