Ακούμε δυο κομμάτια από το περσινό, 13ο studio album των Divine Comedy – λιγότερο γκρουπ και περισσότερο καλλιτεχνικό ψευδώνυμο του Neil Hannon. Το Rainy Sunday Afternoon, προϊόν της “χρυσής ωριμότητας” μιας από τους πλέον συμπαθείς μου περιπτώσεις της Brit pop περιόδου, τον παρουσιάζει μελαγχολικό, κατασταλαγμένο και πιο κοντά στις πηγές (Baccharach, Scott Walker) της τραγουδοποιΐας του. 📀 📀 📀 We’re listening to two tracks from last year’s 13th studio album by The Divine Comedy — less a band and more the artistic pseudonym of Neil Hannon. Rainy Sunday Afternoon, the product of the “golden maturity” of one of my favourite figures from the Britpop era, presents him as melancholic, settled, and closer than ever to the sources (Bacharach, Scott Walker) of his songwriting.

00:00 Down The Rabbit Hole 02:52 The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
There’s a country not so far away
Where everything that people do and say
Is upside down and back to front
Logic there is redundant
Two plus two equals five
And apples fall upwards into the sky
Come on, let’s go
Down the rabbit hole
Follow me down the rabbit hole
Come on, let’s go
Down the rabbit hole
Follow me down the rabbit hole
The world is black and white
And we are always right
We’ve gone too deep to turn back now
Mr Bitter slowly slipped away
We lost a little more of him each day
First his feet then his legs
Then his heart, then his head
Until just one hand survived
To wave his friends and family, bye bye
Bye bye
Come on, let’s go
Down the rabbit hole
Follow me down the rabbit hole, yeah
Well, come on, let’s go
Down the rabbit hole
Follow me down
Follow me down
You better follow me down the rabbit hole

THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER
The heart is a lonely hunter
Roaming cross a barren plain
The heart is a lonely hunter
Battling the wind and rain
How far must we wander
How long must we wait
The heart is a lonely hunter
And life is just a shadow play
Life is just a shadow play
A hand upon the saddle
A picture in my mind
A lean and hungry lurcher at my heel
A quiver full of arrows
A past to leave behind
A future that has yet to be revealed
The heart is a lonely hunter
Roaming cross a barren plain
The heart is a lonely hunter
Battling the wind and rain
How far must we wander
Oh, how long must we wait
The heart is a lonely hunter
And life is just a shadow play
Life is just a shadow play