Neil Hannon and The Divine Comedy are always good for surprises. Hannon is a music lover who constantly sucks all kinds of sound directions. The new album "Office Politics" is a treasure chest of bizarre ideas and irresistible melodies. Hannon neither wants to be limited nor underchallenge his listeners. After 30 years of band history and a dozen albums, he still wants to entertain himself and his listeners at the highest level - and sometimes annoy them a little bit.
eclipsed: Your album almost sounds like a musical. It's very colorful, has catchy melodies, and you also provide context, scenery and environments for each song.
Neil Hannon: That would certainly be a strange musical. As someone who writes music for the stage, I have to say that the album would have been completely different if I had written it for a stage production. But it's true, the album is funny, varied and quite long. I like it.
