Interview - Divorce

The current COVID inquiry, while unsurprising in its revelations, recalls that dark period of 2020/21 when our favourite industry very nearly ground to a halt. Tours were cancelled, albums were delayed or scrapped and many artists had to leave music for good.

Yet, for certain acts, it provoked a re-evaluation of their style. Previously operating as Megatrain, Felix Mackenzie-Barrow and Tiger Cohen-Towell took stock during the time afforded to them: “When the pandemic happened, we had a couple of years of nothing, which wasn’t a good time,” says Cohen-Towell when speaking to Clash. “But it was a useful time to be able to sit back and reflect on what we wanted Divorce to be. It was nice to have utilised that as a positive.”

The reflection is paying dividends: their exuberant, sincere indie-rock has resulted in a BBC 6 Music A-listed single (‘Scratch Your Metal’) under their belts and a new EP (Heady Metal, out now) already earning plaudits, Megatrain are not mourned. “Megatrain was the product of the two of us not really having any sort of plan or knowledge of the wider world of music… just trying to chuck stuff out,” says Felix of the project now. 

https://www.clashmusic.com/next-wave/next-wave-1148-divorce/