Made in Mexico Records

www.madeinmexicorecords.com

Catalog #: MEX14

Format: CD

Release Date: September 6, 2005

The Divorce
The Gifted Program

Selling Points

Has toured the east and west coasts

extensively.

Has played serveral notable festivals

including Bumbershoot and Endfest.

Was nominated in 2004 and 2005

as best rock band in Seattle by

Seattle Weekly.

First release "There Will Be Blood

Tonight" was reviewed very favorably

in several publications and was

given 5 out of 5 by Alternative Press.

Has shared stages with Joan Jett,

Built to Spill, The Thermals, Louis XIV,

The Long Winters, Vendetta Red,

United State of Electronica (USE),

The Posies, MXPX, and more.

Guitarist Garrett Lunceford was

formerly the drummer in rock band

Acceptance (Sony/Columbia).

Seattle’s The Divorce has severed ties with the strict stylistic confines of the recent

new-wave/punk resurgence to craft passionate, fullyformed rock music with a

fundamentally danceable core. The fourpiece will release The Gifted Program on

Made in Mexico Records (Dolour, The Catch) in September of 2005.

The Divorce formed as a three piece in the spring of 2001. Kyle Risan’s post-punk

informed drumming and Jimmy Curran’s growling, jumpy bass patterns combined

for a hard-hitting but groove-laden rhythm section. Layered under Shane Berry’s

rigid, angular guitars and strident vocal delivery, and later Garrett Lunceford’s

Moore-esque squeal and occasional full-on shred, The Divorce have found the

sound to make them a favorite of the Seattle rock scene.

The band’s first record, There Will be Blood Tonight, was released on Fugitive

Recordings back in May of 2003. Lauded by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as “brilliant”

and as “a must-have. 5 of 5” by Alternative Press, the record gave The Divorce the

chance to have since shared the stage with the likes of Built to Spill, Joan Jett,

The Thermals, United State of Electronica (USE), and many others.

After extensive West Coast touring, and several notable festival appearances

(Bumbershoot, Seattle’s Endfest), The Divorce is ready to commit its newly

fleshed-out voice to record. The Gifted Program, the band’s first record since

Luceford’s addition, promises a more fully realized and beefed-up execution of

There Will be Blood Tonight’s youthful propulsion and charm.