…Limited Edition Digital Album includes the full album, album instrumentals, and two demos.
…Deluxe includes the bonus disc ‘Live in Paris & London’.
As its title may suggest, Neil Hannon’s 13th studio album as The Divine Comedy is a mile away from jaunty songs about woodsheds and National Express coaches. After the joy and whimsy of his soundtrack to Wonka, Rainy Sunday Afternoon finds him far more contemplative and wistful.
It’s certainly Hannon’s most personal album to date. There are songs about family, loss and grief, as well as pot shots at a world seemingly falling to pieces around us. Bolstered by some truly gorgeous orchestrations by long-term Hannon collaborator Andrew Skeet, even a simple piano…

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