On September 19, 2025, “Divine Comedy Records” label released “Rainy Sunday Afternoon”, the thirteenth Divine Comedy (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2025 at “Abbey Road” in London, “Sonic” in Dublin, and was produced by Neil Hannon.
Personnel:
- Tosh Flood – acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, backing vocals
- Neil Hannon – vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, keyboards, percussion, arrangements
- Simon Little – electric and upright bass, backing vocals
- Andrew Skeet – piano, acoustic guitar, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals, conductor, arrangements
- Ian Watson – accordion, keyboards, percussion, backing vocals
- Tim Weller – drums, percussion
- Lucy Wilkins – strings and brass, violin
- Chris Worsey – strings and brass, cello
- Tom Rees-Roberts – strings and brass, flugelhorn
- Everton Nelson – strings and brass leader
- Nick Barr – strings and brass
- Natalia Bonner – strings and brass
- Ian Burdge – strings and brass
- Gillon Cameron – strings and brass
- Reiad Chibah – strings and brass
- Barry Clements – strings and brass
- Louisa Fuller – strings and brass
- Richard George – strings and brass
- Marianne Haynes – strings and brass
- Jenny Lewisohn – strings and brass
- Steve Morris – strings and brass
- Daniel Newell – strings and brass
- Martin Owen – strings and brass
- John Ryan – strings and brass
- Ed Tarrant – strings and brass
- Andy Wood – strings and brass
- Sarah Davey – vocals
- Grace Davidson – vocals
- Daniel Lewis – vocals
- Ben Parry – vocals
- Imogen Parry – vocals
- Elizabeth Swain – vocals
- Ellie Macready – additional vocals
- John Evans – guitars
- Calina de la Mare – violin, viola
- Sarah Field – trumpet, saxophones
- Christian Forshaw – saxophones, flute
- Tom Bailey – additional percussion
- Willow Hannon – vocals
- Tom Bailey – recording, mixing
- George Oulton – recording and mixing assistant
- Tom Ashpitel – recording and mixing assistant
- Ber Quinn– recording, mixing
- Frank Arkwright – mastering
- Matthew Cooper – artwork direction, design
- Kevin Westenberg – photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Neil Hannon.
- Achiles
- The Last Time I Saw the Old Man
- The Man Who Turned into a Chair
- I Want You
- Rainy Sunday Afternoon
- All the Pretty Lights
- Down the Rabbit Hole
- Mar-a-Lago by the Sea
- The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
- Can’t Let Go
- Invisible Thread
