The four-piece band from Nottingham released the debut album Drive to Goldenhammer.

Talking about the release of the record, the band says: “As Divorce, an ethos of ours is to lean on the subconscious for creative decision making. So that’s what we did; this album is an active effort to not overthink in an effort try to be as true to ourselves as we possibly could. We followed the songs, as we’ve always done, prioritised feeling, and not shied away from the humour. Drive to Goldenhammer is about moving, it’s about trundling towards an unseeable and intangible goal, but finding life happening to you along that road. So don’t worry too much about Goldenhammer, the drive is the thing.”

Co-vocalist and guitarist Tiger Cohen-Towell says of the song: “A seahorse is so vulnerable and strange, so cute and also bizarre. It felt like the right imagery for Lord somehow. The song ‘Pencil Skirt’ by Pulp was a lyrical inspiration for this track; with it being an unusual expression of sexual desire, but that song does have a bit of a pantomime villain vibe. I didn’t necessarily want the lyrics to come across as villainous but instead slightly pathetic. I think often in songs about yearning a lot of the honesty is concealed in cliches, I just wanted to write about how much you regress to a teenage mindset when you fancy someone, no matter how old you are. I think it’s funny. It actually turned into one of the most sonically joyful tracks on the album which is pretty funny, too.”

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