NewsDivine Comedy / Rainy Sunday Afternoon
New studio album
This September, The Divine Comedy will release a new album called Rainy Sunday Afternoon.
It was recorded at Abbey Road in the autumn of 2024 and is the band’s first studio album since 2019’s Office Politics. Not that Neil Hannon hasn’t been busy, since then…There was the excellent 24CD box set Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time (SDEtv unboxing, here) and Neil recently contributed the original songs to the film ‘Wonka’.
Neil Hannon says: “My musical output is, for better or worse, a representation of my personality. A good chunk of that personality revels in the rumbumptious; celebrates the silly. And I made ample use of that for the Wonka songs”. He continues, “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.”
The 11-track album is available to pre-order now from the band’s official shop as a 2CD deluxe with bonus disc ‘Live in Paris & London’ – a collection of deep cuts and fan favourites from 2022’s celebratory career-spanning shows. There’s also a green coloured vinyl and a deluxe vinyl in casebound book packaging which comes black vinyl and the bonus CD (but not a CD of the album). Signed bundles are also available.
Rainy Sunday Afternoon will be released on 19 September 2025. The track listing has not been published, as yet.
The Divine Comedy Shop highlights
- Signed, numbered vinyl test pressing (£75)
- Pre-order black vinyl + CD bundle with signed print (£34)
- Pre-order 2CD deluxe (£15)
- Pre-order deluxe vinyl book with bonus CD (£60)
- Pre-order dark green coloured vinyl (£27)
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Rainy Sunday Afternoon - 2CD deluxe
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By Paul Sinclair
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