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.