The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Hemming, skinny, floppy-haired and somewhat louche, in the manner of one of his heroes, the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, has a right to look occasionally stunned. This unknown 36-year-old was thrown into a media whirl while holding down a warehouse job, when "The Last of the Melting Snow" was nominated for this year's Ivor Novello award. That song was written alone with a vodka bottle...
Londonist (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
... between guitar and piano until then, finally stand and take to the microphone. Replacing Neil Hannon’s vocals on 'Perfection as a Hipster', it resulted in perhaps the biggest cheer from the audience. Words by Alicia Malouf, photos by Marv .
MusicEmissions (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
... there is something in the biting Art Brut style lyrics that crystallises the soundscape. Vocalist Neil Hannon climbs aboard the current wave of celebrity for 'Bruce Lee': "This is the position / The height of my ambition / I admit I'm on a mission to be rich and famous". And such is life. Footballers are hailed as the new George Best, the new Maradona. Bands are the new...
Sunset Over Slawit (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... of female singers (some auditioned through the band's own website) as well as guest vocals from Neil Hannon and others. Classic 60s girl groups swirled together with lush orchestral indie pop and a achingly poignant narrative in one of Murdoch's most inspirational works to date. The story deals with an endearingly unhinged lady and the fantasy world she inhabits - a female Billy Liar...
THE VINYL VILLAIN (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... Comedy have taken one of the best-loved songs ever released by a Scottish group and ruined it. Neil Hannon is not a bad singer by any means, but his half-arsed effort at this shows just how distinctive and unique a vocal talent we had in the late and lamented Billy Mackenzie . And don't get me started on how a great pop tune in the hands of Alan Rankine has been turned into something...
Diggingalot (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... power and possibility of Grace shining through. I can’t articulate how this would ‘prove’ God for Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy ( and anyway the lectures I sat through on proofs for the existance of God made me fall asleep ) , but I’m not sure that God would be interested in those kinds of ‘proof’ anyway… Related Posts: Songs of redemption Opus 10 It is so easy.... Songs of Redemption...
