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Yes, today is one of those glorious, yet all too rare, days on the music calendar. Today The Divine Comedy released a new album, Victory for the Comic Muse. Let us all rejoice! I've managed to listen to it through 3 times so far and am already falling deeply in love. Musically I find it most reminiscent of Promenade and Liberation but with a lyrical and storytelling maturity that Tiny!Mr Hannon has cultivated in the decade since their release. What is most clear though is the sheer glee he obviously felt while putting this album together. I saw The Divine Comedy at The QM in Glasgow in 2001 just after the release of Regeneration and to say the performances that night were workman-like would be no overstatement. Seeing them again at the same venue a month ago was a completely different experience. The ickle master of song was bouncing and effervescent, and a similar joy shines through on the album. Some standouts for me so far are: To Die a Virgin, a perfect piece of pop; A Lady of a Certain Age, beautifully bittersweet; and the cover of The Associates's Party Fears Two, wonderfully bright and breezy. I'm looking forward to listening to it until my brother threatens to burn the CD...... |
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jubilant.