THE DIVINE COMEDY Fanfare for the Comic Muse 1990
Artist Biography
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The Divine Comedy is the alias for Neil Hannon, a British pop singer/songwriter with aspirations of becoming a new wave fusion of Scott Walker, Morrissey, and Electric Light Orchestra.
During the early '90s, he built up a strong cult following with a pair
of idiosyncratic, critically acclaimed records before his third album, Casanova, became a mainstream success in the wake of Brit-pop and Pulp's popularity. "Becoming More Like Alfie" and "Something for the Weekend," both pulled from Casanova,
became hits after receiving significant airplay from Radio 1 DJ Chris
Evans, and the Divine Comedy moved from British indie rock favorites to a
minor mainstream cult in their own right.
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