13 December 2025
Artist: THE DIVINE COMEDY
Who: The backing band of Irish
songsmith veteran Neil Hannon.
Track: ALL THE PRETTY LIGHTS
New Xmas tune that follows their praised
new LP Rainy Sunday Afternoon.
“It began with the title and a scrap of melody. That title brought to mind my family’s visit to London in the late ’70s. To be a 7-year-old in London at Christmas was like being in Mary Poppins. Utterly magical! These memories are a bit garbled and possibly enhanced with age, but the song is as much about the fallibility of memory as about nostalgia for Christmas past.”
Santa is on his way.