The Divine Comedy (the orchestral-pop project of Northern Irish singer/songwriter/composer Neil Hannon) is releasing a new album, Rainy Sunday Afternoon, on September 19. Now he has shared its second ...

Welcome to the 11th Songs of the Week of 2025. It was quite a week for songs from ’90s artists. As a teenager, in 1995, I once saw Stereolab open for Pulp at the Brixton Academy in London and both ...

The songs are all elegant and cerebral, frequently wandering into a music hall-esque, light opera. Taking in subjects like the loss of his dad, bit by bit, to dementia; stupid arguments with his wife; ...