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Release Date:

  • Jan 1992

Musical Album

Artist

The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy are a chamber pop band from Northern Ireland, fronted by Neil Hannon. Neil Hannon has been the only ever-present member of the band, being its founder in 1989 when he was joined by John McCullagh and Kevin Traynor. Their first album, the heavily R.E.M.-influenced and now-deleted...
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