BYE

It's never nice to break crappy news. After some serious discussion we've made the decision to wrap Divorce up. No fights or no fall-outs, we just feel we've done as much as we can and said as much as we feel we are able to say. After 5 years of making the most punishing music we were capable of and having the most fun we possibly could, we wanted to end it before it got boring and/or started sounding pish.

There's a HUGE list of people that we want to thank for helping us last this long and have such a great time doing the band - it's so huge that it'd be kinda tedious to read, but extra-special mention must be given to Michael at Night School Records for releasing our album plus all the other labels that put our tunes out:: Milk / 666ties / Gravy / Winning Sperm Party / Optimo Music / Merok /// Also, big thanks to Kirmes & Grinni at Eine Welt Aus Hack for helping organise so many awesome shows for us. The list of awesome bands & promoters who we've played with & for is too massive to list, but for everyone who has helped us in any way over the years, we're truly grateful.... and of course, everybody who ever came out to see us play or bought one of our records we say THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

As a token of our affection and also because we're really lovely and stuff, we've put our final unreleased recordings up our bandcamp page, which can be downloaded FOR FREE (or whatever you want to pay)! We recorded the EP, called 'Seance Fiction', in Glasgow at Devil's Own Studio with our good buddy Ali Walker just after our final tour in April. We hope you enjoy! (We've also got a small amount of t-shirts left in small, medium & large that we've reduced in price to £3. They're available via our bandcamp page too so if you want one get on it quick as there's only a handful left!

And as a reminder of the 'good times' *sniff*, Vickie has put together a lovely video reminiscipackage of our final tour around Europe, including footage of some of the awesome bands we played with like Batalj, Run Dust, Honig, Sightings, Les Morts Vont Bien & Autovogel::::

So YEAH, that's kinda that then! Thanks for showing interest in our gammy wee band, it was a good chuckle - see you later!

D (Vickie, Jennie, VSO & Andy) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

THANK YOU + MORE SHOWS!

WOW!!!!
We are now back in Glasgow after our tour around Europe & The UK, slowly recovering from a totally mindblowing three weeks away... so many great times it's hard to even begin to describe, but it can be easily said we had the time of our lives. So many new friends made, seeing lots of old friends again and SO MANY AWESOME SHOWS!!!!

We have to specifically thank Dougie and his van (Vangelis) for getting us to every show come hell or high water, Sofia for joining us for a few shows and being super-awesome and Kirmes & Grinni at Eine Welt Aus Hack for making the whole thing possible... and of course to all the badass promoters who put us on and put us up, the amazing bands we played with and to everybody who made it out to a show. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some footage from various shows have started to surface too:

If anyone has any more footage email us at puredivorced@googlemail.com

Andy has also put together a mixcloud with a selection of tracks from some of the bands we played with; we urge you to investigate!

BANDS & ARTISTS FEATURED ON THE DIVORCE UK/EURO TOUR, MARCH/APRIL 2013 by Andy Browntown on Mixcloud

BUT! If you think that's us taking a break from the stage for a while then you'd be mistaken - we next play this Sunday coming! April 14th at Nice'N'Sleazy with our awesome pals Comanechi!!! Their new album is a beast so it's going to be a pretty filthy wee evening!! Tickets can be picked up HERE

Then two weeks later on Saturday April 27th we'll be down in Newcastle at the Star & Shadow Cinema for the Leave Me Here All-Dayer, which has one of the most ferocious line-ups we've ever been a part of!! No words, just look at the poster below then buy a fucking ticket HERE!!!

Then on Sunday May 5th we'll be returning to Salford to play as part of the Sounds From The Other City event. We last played three years ago and it was amazing, really really looking forward to coming back!! The line-up is HUGE!! Tickets can be picked up HERE

TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK! + GIG HELP!

We head out on the road in six days time! We're 99% sorted (and very very excited) BUT we have two dates still needing filled - can you help? One is on Friday March 22nd, ideally somewhere between Paris and Cologne (somewhere like Lille, Halle, Namur, Liege etc) and Friday March 29th between Lyon and Frankfurt (Dijon, Nancy, Stuttgart, Metz, Antwerp etc).
If you or anyone you know can possibly help, give us a holler at puredivorced@gmail.com - we'll love you a long long long time!!!!!
Here's all the info on all the gigs we have right now, including FB events and ticket links!

||||MARCH||||
17th - GLASGOW - Nice n Sleazy (w/ RUNGS & Halfrican)
FB
18th - LEEDS -Wharf Chambers (w/ Blacklisters & Cowtown)
FB
19th - LONDON - The Macbeth (w/ Poino & Her Parents)
FB // TICKETS
20th - BRIGHTON - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar (w/ Roseanne Barrr & Sealings)
FB // TICKETS
21st - PARIS - Espace B
22nd - ****FREE // HELP!****
23rd - COLOGNE -Baustelle Kalk
FB
24th - GENT - 019
25th - BRUSSELS - Les Atelier Claus
FB // TICKETS
26th - STRASBOURG - Simultania
27th - FREIBURG - KTS
28th - LYON - Le Sonic
FB
29th - ***FREE//HELP!***
30th - FRANKFURT AM MAIN - KoZ
FB

||||APRIL||||
1st - MUNICH - Kafe Kult (w/ Batalj & Honig)
FB
2nd - VIENNA - Rhiz
3rd - BERLIN - Westgermany
4th - HANNOVER - Tambora Rekotz (w/ Batalj, Run Dust & Windmill Moth Glue)
5th - TILBURG - O13 (w/ Sightings & Kleinindustrie)
FB // TICKETS
6th - AMSTERDAM - Akhnaton (w/ Apostille & Spolestra)
FB
7th - MANCHESTER – Kraak (w/ Sightings, Etai Keshiki, Klaus Kinski & more)
FB // TICKETS

Hope to catch you at a gig somewhere and if you're able to help with one of our two free days, that'd be fantastic!!!

D x

TRANS-EUROPE EXCESS

TOUR TIME!!!!

First up, a HUUUUGE thank you to everybody who came to see us play last Saturday night at Bloc for the monthly TYCI event, it was absolutely INSANE!! A fantastic way for us to start our year! Massive thanks to Lauren and the TYCI crew and everybody at Bloc for being so accommodating too!

We're hitting the road next month for three whole weeks, tearing through the UK, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Holland. We had such an amazing time in 2011 when we last hit Europe with our homies Stig Noise, we're dying to return to the scene of previous crimes as well as play to some fresh faces too!

To tie-in with our trek our album from last year will be getting re-released by Night School Records on CD in a limited edition double-disc package, with the second CD comprised of the tracks we released on various 7"s and EPs in 2011 and 2012. It's the first time any of these recordings have been made available on CD and it's packaged in a lush gatefold risographed wallet, printed by the Footprint Workers Co-op in Leeds, on eco-friendly thick card. Only 500 are being made and we'll have them to sell on tour, alongside plenty of vinyl!

MARCH
17th - GLASGOW - Nice n Sleazy
18th - LEEDS -Wharf Chambers
19th - LONDON - The Macbeth
20th - BRIGHTON - Sticky Mike's Frog Bar
21st - PARIS - Espace B
22nd - CALAIS - Accuel Froid
23rd - COLOGNE -Kalk
24th - GENT - Nest
25th - BRUSSELS - Les Atelier Claus
26th - STRASBOURG - TBA
27th - FREIBURG - KTS
28th - LYON - Le Sonic
30th - FRANKFURT AM MAIN - KoZ

APRIL
1st - MUNICH - Kafe Kult
2nd - VIENNA - Rhiz
3rd - BERLIN - Westgermany
4th - HANNOVER - Tambora Rekotz
5th - TILBURG - O13
6th - AMSTERDAM - Meneer Malasch
7th - MANCHESTER – Kraak

For updates on the tour, ticket links etc, check our 'live' page on this blog or add yourself to our event page on Facefuck

And if that isn't enough, we've got a handful of gigs planned in the UK following all that as well(!).
On Sunday April 14th at Nice N Sleazy in Glasgow we'll finally be sharing a stage once again with our old friends Comanechi!!
Then on Saturday April 27th we'll be playing in Newcastle at the Star & Shadow Cinema as part of the Leave Me Here All Day(er), alongside some absolutely ferocious acts like Conan, Bongripper, Humanfly, Queer'd Science and Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs!!!!
And finally(!!!) we'll be in Salford on Sunday May 5th for their annual Sound From The Other City Festival. We had an amazing time when we last played three years ago, it's going to be epic!

More info on these shows will be posted in the very near future... I think that's quite enough shite to be dealing with for now!

Hope to see you at a show!!

D x

THANKS // PLANS

So yeah, 2012 was a pretty nice year for us! Having the very excellent Night School Records release our debut album was a big big BIG deal, so for that we are massively grateful!

Huge thanks to the people who have actually bought the thing too, who have come to see us play and generally make it possible for us to keep doing more of the same stuff - 2013 is looking to be just as busy, if not busier than 2012, which is great!

Our first gig of 2013 will be in Glasgow on Saturday February 9th, playing the TYCI club night at Bloc, then soon after that we'll once again head down south to England as well as also returning to Europe from mid-March to early April, with dates in France, Germany, Austria and Holland all on the cards. Exact shows are still being finalised right now, but when everything is sorted we'll post all the info here!

To coincide with our tour Night School will be re-releasing our album as a limited edition double CD, the first disc being our 2012 LP and the second disc will compile all the songs we released on various singles and EPs through 2011 and 2012. None of this music has been made available on this format before and it will be limited to 500 copies (we'll still have vinyl formats of our music available on the tour as well)!

We wish you a happy new year & expect more news very very soon!

D x

NOVEMBER REIGN

Now that Facebook has started it's Myspace-like decline into obsolescence, it's probably a good time to start using this blog a bit more frequently (we've also got a Twitter page should you feel so inclined).

Last month we played two truly fantastic shows, both at Nice'N'Sleazys (their new PA system is just FEROCIOUS!), firstly with the absolutely mind-blowing Doomsday Student (former members of Arab On Radar, Chinese Stars & Athletic Automaton) and then with Glasgow's own riff-monsters Holy Mountain. Thanks to them, to Sleazys & to everyone who came along!

We've got one last show planned for this year, it's happening on Sunday November 18th at The Old Hairdressers on Renfield Lane, Glasgow. Also on the bill are German dada-doom-duo Honig (who we had the pleasure of playing with in Munich last year) & The Modern Institute. Doors are at 8pm & it's £4 in. A practically redundant Facebook event page can be found here.

Lastly, a quick reminder that our recently released debut album is available on purple or green 12" vinyl with download code from Night School Records and digitally from our own Bandcamp page.

D x