May, 2019
Enter the world of a heroically normal couple from Norfolk..
We're delighted to present the video for Norman And Norma, the lead single from our upcoming album Office Politics.
Directed by Raphaël Neal, it's his fourth video with The Divine Comedy after the Foreverland trilogy.
Raphaël explains: "Coming up with a concept for 'Norman and Norma' was challenging because the lyrics are already very evocative and tell the story of quite realistic characters. I didn't want to be too literal. I came up with the idea of showing mainly the hands of the characters in order to give the viewer enough space to imagine his own story.
The song having this 'classic Divine Comedy' dimension, I also wanted to film Neil Hannon in a sort of 'ultimate singer-songwriter' setting: just him on the piano, in black and white, as if he was coming up with the song as he was playing on the piano.”
OFFICE POLITICS will be released on Friday 7th June across a wide variety of formats. You can pre-save the album on Spotify and pre-order at iTunes, Amazon or from our official webstore by clicking here!
If you shop with us there are signed items, an exclusive limited edition cassette and lots of lovely bundles to choose from!
Catch us in June for a special series of in-stores and release shows, and don't forget that our Autumn tour kicks off in October. Dates and ticket links can be found in the Live section of our website.
