NOTTINGHAM outfit Divorce share their new EP ‘Get Mean’ in the not too distant future, and they’ve now shared another preview single.
Their own version of a murder ballad, ‘Checking Out’ is an urgent return – one that pairs elements of country with their fun, fuzz-drenched indie rock template. Brimming with originality, you can check it out below.
The band’s Tiger Cohen-Towell sayd “The track was written when a group of musician’s friends and I did a songwriting exercise, the challenge being to write five songs in five days. I think it was maybe the 4th day of the process and I wanted to write something that was as far away from myself as possible, I was tired of my own personal narratives.”
“I’ve always loved dramatic country and western ballads and a major inspiration for the track was country-singer Marty Robbins, who writes the most intense ‘gunfighter ballads’, which are bordering on slap-stick in their incessant violence and all-American heroism.”
“I wanted to flip that on its head by having a female narrator who feels justified in her heinous act because those gunfighter ballads make you root for the underdog anti-hero, even if they are behaving completely irrationally — that’s a running theme in country music I think. ‘Checking Out’ is satirical and humorous, whilst getting into the head of a person who has been pushed too far and had enough of mistreatment in a relationship (although I don’t condone murder!)”
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