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OK, yeah, why not? Catherine II of Russia was, after all, the most renowned and longest-reigning female leader in the country’s history (thanks, Wikipedia!) and hers is a story worth exploring. Or, on the other hand, she could be the subject of a three-minutes-and-five-seconds pop ditty on an indie band's first album in six years. Of course. Welcome back, then, to The Divine Comedy.

The sleeve notes inform us that Foreverland is 'written by Neil Hannon' and, considering this is a man who wrote the theme tune to Father Ted, two concept albums about cricket named after an obtuse mathematical formula and whose biggest hit was about a British coach company, it should be no surprise that the album’s lead single combines trite observations about her having “great hair and a powerful gait” with references to Voltaire, Diderot and Stanislaw II August. Studio album No11 may spring no surprises but it isn’t half fun... (DROWNED IN SOUND)

Was mich i.Ü. für Böhmermann einnimmt: Dass er Hannon gestern/heute im NEO MAGAZIN ROYALE präsentiert:


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Hannons geniale Soundtüfteleien (die an den anderen großen Soundmeister erinnern = Brian Wilson) kommen live nicht so rüber; - hören Sie hier mal rein: The Divine Comedy - The Pact

+ The Divine Comedy, la grande classe atemporelle
+ "Foreverland" von The Divine ComedyKlangkunst eines Exzentrikers (dradio kultur, heute)

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+ Hear Wilco Reminisce on Wistful New Song 'If I Ever Was a Child'


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Ganz anders, aber nicht minder großartig. Da kommen schöne Sachen raus im September!