A Short Post About the Divine Comedy
Listened to the new album a couple of times so far, and it’s a corker. Victory for the Comic Muse (not to be confused with 1990’s out-of-print Fanfare for the Comic Muse; or, more likely, to be confused with it often) harks back to the classic Divine Comedy sound even more than Absent Friends did, with Nyman-esque strings, sampled guest appearances by 1920s toffs, and lyrics about faded Englishwomen “of a certain age” falling apart on the Cote d’Azure.
An early review said this was one for the fans but won’t win them any new ones. On the contrary, I think any DC album would win them new fans; it just depends which one you happen to pick up first (mine was Fin de Siècle). Victory for the Comic Muse is no exception: all the best aspects of Hannon’s work are here. Your man’s muse is still strong.