Divine Comedy – Rainy Sunday Afternoon (Bio-vinyl, gatefold sleeve)

 Recorded at Abbey Road in the autumn of 2024, ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’ is The Divine Comedy`s first studio album since 2019`s ‘Office Politics’. Since then, Neil Hannon has been busy! He has remastered and reissued The Divine Comedy’s back catalogue; released a new Best Of ‘Charmed Life’; and contributed the original songs to global blockbuster ‘Wonka’. 

‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’, The Divine Comedy’s thirteenth album, sees Neil Hannon in a reflective mood, contemplating the past and the present with a hopeful nod to the future. “My musical output is, for better or worse, a representation of my personality,” Neil admits. “A good chunk of that personality revels in the rumbumptious; celebrates the silly. And I made ample use of that for the Wonka songs.” 

“I have, though, like everyone, a darker, more melancholy side. And for one reason or another it has been much in evidence of late. I needed to use this album as an outlet for those feelings. To work through some stuff. Mortality; memories; relationships; political and social upheaval. Everyone should get to make an orchestral pop album once in awhile. It should be available on the NHS.”