Tom Dunne: A tribute to Neil Hannon, the Divine Comedy, and a moving song about parenting

Neil Hannon had me in tears with one of the tunes on his latest album

Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy. (Photo by Kate Green/Getty Images)

Neil Hannon’s Divine Comedy has been sound tracking my life since the Britpop days. Something for the Weekend was the going out anthem of that era.

To this day, Hannon paints pictures with music and captures subtle shades of emotion like few others. Their 13th album, A Rainy Afternoon, is another addition to a wonderful canon of work.