Although we might not get many new songs to add to the omnipresent roster of festive songs, many acts still do get that festive feeling and delight us with Christmas songs every year. Here are just some of our favourites from this year’s selection… Ash – ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’ Following a year…
‘Rainy Day Afternoon’ (out on 19 September, 2025) is the thirteenth album from The Divine Comedy, and it feels luck is in for Neil Hannon following the top five charting of 2019’s album ‘Office Politics’ and blockbuster success of his soundtrack to the Wonka film. Neil has been thinking about mortality, memories, relationships and political…
The Divine Comedy have shared the video for ‘Invisible Thread’ ahead of the release of 13th album ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’ on 19 September, 2025. The video stars Ardal O’Hanlon, while the song offers a poignant take on parenthood – ‘there will always be an invisible thread between you and me’ and how it feels when…
The Divine Comedy has shared ‘Achilles’ ahead of the release of 13th album ‘Rainy Sunday Afternoon’ on 19 September, 2025. The album was recorded at Abbey Road and finds Neil Hannon offering his usual variety of emotions – funny, sad, angry and everything in-between. Following the bombastic chocolate love-in on the Wonka soundtrack, this record…
The Divine Comedy has shared the video for new single ‘The Best Mistakes’ ahead of the release of compilation album ‘Charmed Life – The Best of The Divine Comedy’ on 4 February, 2022. It’s a song that finds Neil Hannon looking at the tumultuous and uncertain nature of life and how it all combines in…
Neil Hannon’s The Divine Comedy have shared new single ‘Queuejumper’ and tour dates ahead of the release of new 16-song album ‘Office Politics’ on 7 June. A piano-led hoedown that starts with a jaunty oddball drumbeat, the single finds Neil with tongue firmly in cheek: ‘I jumped the queue ’cause I’m smarter than you, I…
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