Grounds for Divorce

Frontman Guy Garvey (From Uncut magazine February 2008): "'Grounds For Divorce' was written when I was in a unhappy relationship. The words tumbled onto the page before I'd considered their meaning: 'I've been working on a cocktail called Grounds For Divorce.' It relates to the relationship I was in, but it's also a light-hearted look at the aftermath of losing my friend (singer songwriter Bryan Clancy who died in 2006), about wanting to get out of my beloved Manchester. I wanted to live somewhere else, just because of how heavy it got round here."

Garvey added in an interview with The Sun March 14, 2008: "'Grounds For Divorce' is about all the rubbish stuff then wanting to get out of Manchester, to escape from it all. I was drinking too much. Bryan's death affected me in a bad way. When I am sad I tend to drink too much."

Garvey also told The Sun that guitarist Mark Potter had the riff for years before utilizing it on this song.