{"id":2434296,"date":"2026-05-27T16:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2434296"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T16:12:41","slug":"divorce-tell-us-about-new-chapter-as-a-two-piece-we-are-always-evolving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/divorce-tell-us-about-new-chapter-as-a-two-piece-we-are-always-evolving\/","title":{"rendered":"Divorce tell us about new chapter as a two-piece: \u201cWe are always evolving\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/divorce\">Divorce<\/a> have spoken to <em>NME<\/em> about \u201cevolving\u201d and moving forward as a two-piece \u2013 revealing that they have been writing new music with plans to release it soon.<\/p>\n<p>The Nottingham alt-country band dropped their critically acclaimed debut album \u2018Drive To Goldenhammer\u2019 in March last year, and it went on to be named as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/lists\/end-of-year\/best-debut-albums-2025-3916778\">one of <em>NME<\/em>\u2019s favourite debut records of 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After playing live across the globe throughout the year, the band confirmed earlier this month that <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/divorce-become-a-two-piece-as-two-members-depart-to-focus-on-personal-lives-and-band-enter-new-era-3945160\">drummer Kasper Sandstrom and lead guitarist Adam Peter Smith had made the decision to leave the line-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In their statement, they confirmed that the decision came as they \u201cneed to prioritise our personal lives more\u201d, and also added that bandmates Felix Mackenzie-Barrow (singer\/guitarist) and Tiger Cohen-Towell (singer\/bassist) will continue as a two-piece and launch \u201ca new era for the band\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Divorce \u2013 recently establishing themselves as a two-piece \u2013 on their new music\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gBMv72Ekqec?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>At the Ivor Novellos last week (Thursday May 21), both Mackenzie-Barrow and Cohen-Towell spoke to <em>NME<\/em> about their new chapter and said that while they are still adjusting to the change, the songwriting has always been done by the two of them, so it hasn\u2019t affected their dynamic too much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always been like that songwriting-wise, but it\u2019s a change, for sure,\u201d said Mackenzie-Barrow. Cohen-Towell added: \u201cWe\u2019re just really excited for the future though, and we\u2019re excited for people to hear everything we\u2019ve been up to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After teasing that there is \u201cplenty of\u201d new music \u201cnot too far away\u201d from being released, the duo touched upon the sound of the upcoming material, and said that although the dynamic has changed, they will not be deviating too far from the sound that fans have come to expect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we are always evolving\u2026 and it\u2019s natural for artists to just develop through their trajectory,\u201d Cohen-Towell told <em>NME<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re just going to do what\u2019s right for this era, and we\u2019re not specifically planning on a big relaunch or anything\u2026 it is just going to be what we want to do in this current climate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3842863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3842863\" style=\"width: 2160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3842863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tiger Cohen-Towell of Divorce. Credit: Ed Miles for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3842865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3842865\" style=\"width: 2160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3842865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NME-DIVORCE-FELIX-MACKENZIE-BARROW-CREDIT-ED-MILES@2160x2700.jpg\" alt=\"Felix Mackenzie-Barrow of Divorce (2025), photo by Ed Miles\" width=\"2160\" height=\"2700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NME-DIVORCE-FELIX-MACKENZIE-BARROW-CREDIT-ED-MILES@2160x2700.jpg 2160w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NME-DIVORCE-FELIX-MACKENZIE-BARROW-CREDIT-ED-MILES@2160x2700-400x500.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NME-DIVORCE-FELIX-MACKENZIE-BARROW-CREDIT-ED-MILES@2160x2700-800x1000.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NME-DIVORCE-FELIX-MACKENZIE-BARROW-CREDIT-ED-MILES@2160x2700-696x870.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NME-DIVORCE-FELIX-MACKENZIE-BARROW-CREDIT-ED-MILES@2160x2700-1392x1740.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NME-DIVORCE-FELIX-MACKENZIE-BARROW-CREDIT-ED-MILES@2160x2700-1068x1335.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3842865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Felix Mackenzie-Barrow of Divorce. Credit: Ed Miles for NME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>As for when we can expect to hear new music, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/the-cover\/divorce-03-03-2025-3842855\">former NME Cover stars<\/a> said that it has always been in their nature \u201cto try things out live\u201d and integrate things into their gigs to see the audience\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe start live shows again this summer, and we\u2019re really looking forward to that,\u201d Mackenzie-Barrow said. \u201cWe\u2019re playing some really intimate shows along with festivals, and it\u2019s always fun to try new stuff out in those environments. It\u2019s a good way of road-testing the songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the start of last year Divorce <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/lists\/nme-100\/the-nme-100-essential-emerging-artists-for-2025-3834328\">appeared on 2025\u2019s NME 100<\/a>, and went on to spend last summer smashing the festival circuit following the release of \u2018Drive To Goldenhammer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/the-cover\/divorce-03-03-2025-3842855\">Speaking to <em>NME<\/em> for <em>The Cover<\/em><\/a> last year, the band opened up about their time starting out in Nottingham\u2019s grassroots music scene with a \u201cself-sustaining\u201d community of artists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you don\u2019t get a lot of outside interest, you don\u2019t have much choice but to make it yourself,\u201d Mackenzie-Barrow said. \u201cSitting in the van on your way to a show and looking around at these friends that you have, sitting in the garden in the house where we wrote the songs, having dinner together. Those are the moments that feel like success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/divorces-felix-mackenzie-barrow-launches-solo-project-book-of-churches-with-soulful-single-song-by-a-stranger-and-uk-tour-3921675\">Mackenzie-Barrow has launched a new solo project under the name Book Of Churches<\/a>\u00a0and dropped his first album under that moniker in March.<\/p>\n<p>The duo\u2019s upcoming tour dates include joining Mumford &amp; Sons at their BST Hyde Park show on July 4 before playing Splendour festival in their native Nottingham on July 19. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Fdivorce-tickets%2Fartist%2F5421796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit here<\/a> for tickets and more information.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/mumford-sons-interview-bst-hyde-park-london-2026-tickets-new-alnum-prizefighter-3913086\">Speaking to <em>NME<\/em> about the BST gig<\/a>, Mumford &amp; Sons frontman Marcus Mumford said: \u201cI would like to thank\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0for introducing me to the band\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/divorce\">Divorce<\/a>. They\u2019ve just become one of my favourite bands in the world. We invited them out on tour with us. I saw them on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/the-cover\/divorce-03-03-2025-3842855\">an\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0cover<\/a>. I\u2019d never heard of them but now we\u2019re fucking obsessed with them. They\u2019re fucking incredible and more people should hear them.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWTIAaxiAks\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Divorce were nominated at the Ivor Novellos for the Rising Star award this year alongside fellow former NME Cover stars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kwn\">Kwn<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/chloe-qisha\">Chloe Qisha<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bbc-sound-of-2026-winner-and-top-five-shortlist-revealed-3922172\">BBC Sound of 2026 winner Skye Newman<\/a>. The award ultimately went to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jacob-alon\">Jacob Alon<\/a>, who also took home the Best Song Musically and Lyrically trophy for \u2018Don\u2019t Fall Asleep\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Other winners at the 2026 awards included <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/cmat\">CMAT<\/a> who won Best Album, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/fraser-t-smith\">Fraser T Smith<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/kae-tempest\">Kae Tempest<\/a> who nabbed Best Contemporary Song, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/sam-fender\">Sam Fender<\/a> being named Songwriter Of The Year.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/ivors-2026-rosalia-to-receive-international-songwriter-of-the-year-award-3943236\">Rosal\u00eda was also crowned International Songwriter Of The Year<\/a>, while <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/radiohead\">Radiohead<\/a>\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/thom-yorke\">Thom Yorke<\/a> was handed the Academy Fellowship award by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/harry-styles\">Harry Styles<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/george-michael\">George Michael<\/a> posthumously received the Academy Fellowship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divorce have spoken to NME about \u201cevolving\u201d and moving forward as a two-piece \u2013 revealing that they have been writing new music with plans to release it soon. 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