{"id":43725,"date":"2025-09-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/?p=43725"},"modified":"2025-09-23T14:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T12:23:13","slug":"the-divine-comedy-rainy-sunny-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/the-divine-comedy-rainy-sunny-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Comedy &#8211; Rainy Sunny Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-43725\" data-postid=\"43725\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-43725 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_2gx0183 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_u14j183 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ffb3663   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-43726 size-full\" title=\"maud-lubeck-2024\" src=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The_Divine_Comedy_\u2013_Rainy_Sunday_Afternoon-2025.jpg\" alt=\"The Divine Comedy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The_Divine_Comedy_\u2013_Rainy_Sunday_Afternoon-2025.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The_Divine_Comedy_\u2013_Rainy_Sunday_Afternoon-2025-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>2025 \u2013 11 titres &#8211; 42&rsquo;50<br \/><\/strong><em><strong>Label : <\/strong><\/em>Divine Comedy Records<em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Style : <\/em><\/strong>Pop, Brit Pop<br \/><strong><em>Origine\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong> Irlande du Nord, Derry<br \/><em><strong>Date de sortie de l&rsquo;album :<\/strong><\/em> 19 septembre 2025<br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Par Mike S.<\/strong><\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7e32bb85-cc0e-4e7e-849c-c293486b082e\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Six ans apr\u00e8s Office Politics, Neil Hannon signe un retour attendu de The Divine Comedy. Enregistr\u00e9 \u00e0 Abbey Road, \u00ab\u00a0Rainy Sunday Afternoon\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0d\u00e9voile une pop orchestrale \u00e9l\u00e9gante, intime et profond\u00e9ment m\u00e9lancolique. Un disque-refuge, \u00e0 savourer comme une parenth\u00e8se hors du temps, un dimanche pluvieux.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"598\">Apr\u00e8s <em data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"210\">Office Politics<\/em>, satire \u00e9lectro-pop de la vie de bureau, et un second best of r\u00e9capitulatif de 30 ann\u00e9es d&rsquo;une belle carri\u00e8re, Neil Hannon reprend la plume sous le nom de <strong>The Divine Comedy<\/strong> pour un treizi\u00e8me album studio, <em data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"414\">Rainy Sunday Afternoon<\/em>. Enregistr\u00e9 dans le mythique Studio 3 d\u2019Abbey Road, ce disque confirme \u00e0 quel point l\u2019Irlandais, 54 ans au compteur, demeure un orf\u00e8vre de la m\u00e9lodie et des arrangements luxuriants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"1101\">Loin de la fantaisie synth\u00e9tique de son pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent opus, <em data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"680\">Rainy Sunday Afternoon<\/em> marque un retour aux premi\u00e8res amours du musicien : une pop orchestrale, cisel\u00e9e, ample, qui rappelle ses grands disques des ann\u00e9es 90. Le premier single, <em>\u00ab Achilles \u00bb<\/em>, d\u00e9voil\u00e9 le 8 avril, en donnait d\u00e9j\u00e0 la couleur : cordes ambitieuses, ch\u0153urs massifs, lyrisme digne d\u2019un Scott Walker. Derri\u00e8re la flamboyance, une m\u00e9ditation sur la fragilit\u00e9 humaine et le temps qui passe, th\u00e8mes qui irriguent l\u2019ensemble de l\u2019album.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"1101\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jJ6N59FZ-6g?si=mWgVQBRJScVzRFsb\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1566\">Ce nouvel disque s\u2019\u00e9coute comme un carnet de r\u00e9flexions \u00e0 la fois personnelles et universelles. Neil Hannon y convoque souvenirs, ruptures, inqui\u00e9tudes sociales et questionnements existentiels, le tout envelopp\u00e9 dans un \u00e9crin symphonique d\u2019une \u00e9l\u00e9gance rare. On pense tour \u00e0 tour \u00e0 de la com\u00e9die musicale, \u00e0 la pop baroque des <strong>Kinks<\/strong>, \u00e0 la m\u00e9lancolie de <strong>Jarvis Cocker <\/strong>et \u00e0 son Pulp r\u00e9cemment ressuscit\u00e9. Mais toujours avec ce ton singulier, tr\u00e8s english, m\u00e9lange d\u2019humour pince-sans-rire et de tendresse d\u00e9sabus\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"2102\">Si <em data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1588\">Office Politics<\/em> se perdait parfois dans la pochade, <strong><em data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1649\">Rainy Sunday Afternoon<\/em><\/strong> trouve au contraire une coh\u00e9rence douce-am\u00e8re : un disque con\u00e7u comme un refuge, \u00e0 \u00e9couter justement lors d\u2019un dimanche pluvieux, quand l\u2019orage gronde et que l\u2019on se laisse envahir par la nostalgie. Hannon y assume sa \u00ab crise de la cinquantaine orchestrale \u00bb avec un certain panache, offrant une \u0153uvre intime mais universelle, capable de toucher aussi bien les fid\u00e8les de la premi\u00e8re heure que les curieux s\u00e9duits r\u00e9cemment par son travail sur la BO de <em data-start=\"2092\" data-end=\"2099\">Wonka<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2104\" data-end=\"2460\">Disponible en vinyle noir ou vert (biovinyle), CD standard ou \u00e9dition deluxe agr\u00e9ment\u00e9e d\u2019un live parisien et londonien, <strong><em data-start=\"2225\" data-end=\"2249\">Rainy Sunday Afternoon<\/em> <\/strong>rappelle que Neil Hannon est, plus que jamais, un esth\u00e8te de la pop \u00e9l\u00e9gante. Derri\u00e8re son \u0153il malicieux, il continue de transformer la pluie en musique, avec un art de la nostalgie qui n\u2019appartient qu\u2019\u00e0 lui.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedivinecomedy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/divinecomedyhq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FB<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/thedivinecomedy.tmstor.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acheter<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Line-up :<br \/><\/strong><\/em>Neil Hannon &#8211; Voix &#8211; guitare &#8211; piano &#8211; claviers<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Tracklist :<br \/><\/strong><\/em>1. Achilles &#8211; 4:10<br \/>2. The Last Time I Saw the Old Man\u00a0 &#8211; 4:21<br \/>3. The Man Who Turned into a Chair &#8211; 3:33<br \/>4. I Want You &#8211; 4:45<br \/>5. Rainy Sunday Afternoon &#8211; 3:59<br \/>6. All the Pretty Lights &#8211; 3:40<br \/>7. Down the Rabbit Hole &#8211; 2:48<br \/>8. Mar-a-Lago by the Sea &#8211; 2:53<br \/>9. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter &#8211; 4:48<br \/>10. Can&rsquo;t Let Go &#8211; 2:33<br \/>11. Invisible Thread &#8211; 5:20<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_p1\">\u00a0<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .tb-column-inner -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_column -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .row_inner -->\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .module_row -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 \u2013 11 titres &#8211; 42&rsquo;50Label : Divine Comedy RecordsStyle : Pop, Brit PopOrigine\u00a0: Irlande du Nord, DerryDate de sortie de l&rsquo;album : 19 septembre 2025&#8230; Par Mike S. Six ans apr\u00e8s Office Politics, Neil Hannon signe un retour attendu de The Divine Comedy. Enregistr\u00e9 \u00e0 Abbey Road, \u00ab\u00a0Rainy Sunday Afternoon\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0d\u00e9voile une pop orchestrale \u00e9l\u00e9gante, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4519,1239,2636,4518,50,3284],"class_list":["post-43725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-non-classe","tag-annees-90","tag-brit-pop","tag-irlande-du-nord","tag-neil-hannon","tag-pop","tag-the-divine-comedy","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<p><strong data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"maud-lubeck-2024\" src=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The_Divine_Comedy_\u2013_Rainy_Sunday_Afternoon-2025.jpg\" alt=\"The Divine Comedy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The_Divine_Comedy_\u2013_Rainy_Sunday_Afternoon-2025.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lamagicbox.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/The_Divine_Comedy_\u2013_Rainy_Sunday_Afternoon-2025-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>2025 \u2013 11 titres - 42'50<br \/><\/strong><em><strong>Label : <\/strong><\/em>Divine Comedy Records<em><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/em><strong><em>Style : <\/em><\/strong>Pop, Brit Pop<br \/><strong><em>Origine\u00a0:<\/em><\/strong> Irlande du Nord, Derry<br \/><em><strong>Date de sortie de l'album :<\/strong><\/em> 19 septembre 2025<br \/>.<br \/>.<br \/>.<\/p> <hr \/> <p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Par Mike S.<\/strong><\/p> <article dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Six ans apr\u00e8s Office Politics, Neil Hannon signe un retour attendu de The Divine Comedy. Enregistr\u00e9 \u00e0 Abbey Road, \"Rainy Sunday Afternoon\"\u00a0d\u00e9voile une pop orchestrale \u00e9l\u00e9gante, intime et profond\u00e9ment m\u00e9lancolique. Un disque-refuge, \u00e0 savourer comme une parenth\u00e8se hors du temps, un dimanche pluvieux.<\/strong><\/em><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"598\">Apr\u00e8s <em data-start=\"193\" data-end=\"210\">Office Politics<\/em>, satire \u00e9lectro-pop de la vie de bureau, et un second best of r\u00e9capitulatif de 30 ann\u00e9es d'une belle carri\u00e8re, Neil Hannon reprend la plume sous le nom de <strong>The Divine Comedy<\/strong> pour un treizi\u00e8me album studio, <em data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"414\">Rainy Sunday Afternoon<\/em>. Enregistr\u00e9 dans le mythique Studio 3 d\u2019Abbey Road, ce disque confirme \u00e0 quel point l\u2019Irlandais, 54 ans au compteur, demeure un orf\u00e8vre de la m\u00e9lodie et des arrangements luxuriants.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"1101\">Loin de la fantaisie synth\u00e9tique de son pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent opus, <em data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"680\">Rainy Sunday Afternoon<\/em> marque un retour aux premi\u00e8res amours du musicien : une pop orchestrale, cisel\u00e9e, ample, qui rappelle ses grands disques des ann\u00e9es 90. Le premier single, <em>\u00ab Achilles \u00bb<\/em>, d\u00e9voil\u00e9 le 8 avril, en donnait d\u00e9j\u00e0 la couleur : cordes ambitieuses, ch\u0153urs massifs, lyrisme digne d\u2019un Scott Walker. Derri\u00e8re la flamboyance, une m\u00e9ditation sur la fragilit\u00e9 humaine et le temps qui passe, th\u00e8mes qui irriguent l\u2019ensemble de l\u2019album.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"600\" data-end=\"1101\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jJ6N59FZ-6g?si=mWgVQBRJScVzRFsb\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\ufeff<\/iframe><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1103\" data-end=\"1566\">Ce nouvel disque s\u2019\u00e9coute comme un carnet de r\u00e9flexions \u00e0 la fois personnelles et universelles. Neil Hannon y convoque souvenirs, ruptures, inqui\u00e9tudes sociales et questionnements existentiels, le tout envelopp\u00e9 dans un \u00e9crin symphonique d\u2019une \u00e9l\u00e9gance rare. On pense tour \u00e0 tour \u00e0 de la com\u00e9die musicale, \u00e0 la pop baroque des <strong>Kinks<\/strong>, \u00e0 la m\u00e9lancolie de <strong>Jarvis Cocker <\/strong>et \u00e0 son Pulp r\u00e9cemment ressuscit\u00e9. Mais toujours avec ce ton singulier, tr\u00e8s english, m\u00e9lange d\u2019humour pince-sans-rire et de tendresse d\u00e9sabus\u00e9e.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"2102\">Si <em data-start=\"1571\" data-end=\"1588\">Office Politics<\/em> se perdait parfois dans la pochade, <strong><em data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1649\">Rainy Sunday Afternoon<\/em><\/strong> trouve au contraire une coh\u00e9rence douce-am\u00e8re : un disque con\u00e7u comme un refuge, \u00e0 \u00e9couter justement lors d\u2019un dimanche pluvieux, quand l\u2019orage gronde et que l\u2019on se laisse envahir par la nostalgie. Hannon y assume sa \u00ab crise de la cinquantaine orchestrale \u00bb avec un certain panache, offrant une \u0153uvre intime mais universelle, capable de toucher aussi bien les fid\u00e8les de la premi\u00e8re heure que les curieux s\u00e9duits r\u00e9cemment par son travail sur la BO de <em data-start=\"2092\" data-end=\"2099\">Wonka<\/em>.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2104\" data-end=\"2460\">Disponible en vinyle noir ou vert (biovinyle), CD standard ou \u00e9dition deluxe agr\u00e9ment\u00e9e d\u2019un live parisien et londonien, <strong><em data-start=\"2225\" data-end=\"2249\">Rainy Sunday Afternoon<\/em> <\/strong>rappelle que Neil Hannon est, plus que jamais, un esth\u00e8te de la pop \u00e9l\u00e9gante. Derri\u00e8re son \u0153il malicieux, il continue de transformer la pluie en musique, avec un art de la nostalgie qui n\u2019appartient qu\u2019\u00e0 lui.<\/p>\n<\/article> <hr \/> <p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedivinecomedy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Site<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/divinecomedyhq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FB<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/thedivinecomedy.tmstor.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acheter<\/a><\/p> <hr \/> <p><em><strong>Line-up :<br \/><\/strong><\/em>Neil Hannon - Voix - guitare - piano - claviers<\/p> <p><em><strong>Tracklist :<br \/><\/strong><\/em>1. Achilles - 4:10<br \/>2. The Last Time I Saw the Old Man\u00a0 - 4:21<br \/>3. The Man Who Turned into a Chair - 3:33<br \/>4. I Want You - 4:45<br \/>5. Rainy Sunday Afternoon - 3:59<br \/>6. All the Pretty Lights - 3:40<br \/>7. Down the Rabbit Hole - 2:48<br \/>8. Mar-a-Lago by the Sea - 2:53<br \/>9. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - 4:48<br \/>10. Can't Let Go - 2:33<br \/>11. 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