Tag Archives: The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. Gig Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

To Absent Friends…

A joyful crowd, one perhaps with deep untouched feelings within their souls, people who have lost pals, friends, loved ones, in a period of time which we were collectively denied moments that bring us joy, and which, to those absent friends, their presence, their love, might have circulated long into the night as Neil Hannon, the persona of The Divine Comedy, brought a collection of songs, hits, and wonders to Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall, and revelled in the mischief of lyrical genius, and the chance to shake off, maybe for the first time in a couple of years, the pressure of an unforgiving period in human history.

The Divine Comedy, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. Gig Review. full post

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The Divine Comedy, A Charmed Life: The Best Of The Divine Comedy. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Songs of love, refrains of affection, and the melody that veers between a comic Jacques Brel and a sombre Noel Coward, a mixture of perfect timing and witty panache…arguably there is no one quite like Neil Hannon, and no name like The Divine Comedy in which to feel the enjoyment of the national love of words, of striking the balance between the entertaining observation and the delicate, often precisely subtle piercing that comes from the sharpened, easy on the ears humour.

The Divine Comedy, A Charmed Life: The Best Of The Divine Comedy. Album Review. full post

(403 words, estimated 1:37 mins reading time)

The Divine Comedy, Gig Review. HMV, Arndale Centre, Manchester.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

The temptation of an early afternoon gig is normally the preserve of the festival attendee, the chance to partake in a set of music surrounded by like-minded people as they savour the freedom of the setting and all the attraction of living life in pursuit of happiness rather than the drudgery of a day concerned with the nine to five and the complicated demands of the office and its politics.

The Divine Comedy, Gig Review. HMV, Arndale Centre, Manchester. full post

(517 words, estimated 2:04 mins reading time)

The Divine Comedy, Foreverland. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

The charm of The Divine Comedy is never in doubt, it can be slightly misplaced, falling into the slight ditch of baroque uncertainty and even be completely have the point missed by those who dare not take the flight of fancy further than believing every song should be reminiscent of the wit of Oscar Wilde or Noel Coward. It can have all of those insults hurled against it but Neil Hannon will still come out on top and be the one to raise the pop standard higher in Foreverland.

The Divine Comedy, Foreverland. Album Review. full post

(431 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

The Divine Comedy, Bang Goes The Knighthood. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. June 3rd 2010.

The Divine Comedy (in the guise of Neil Hannon) have been quiet the last few years, (the only album Neil has been on is the magnificent Duckworth Lewis Method album from 2009) recording only one album since 2004’s smash Absent Friends. Now, finally the master of baroque pop is back with a collection of new songs from the wittily titled Bang Goes the Knighthood.

The Divine Comedy, Bang Goes The Knighthood. Album Review. full post

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