Absent Friends

about this album

Absent Friends is the eighth studio album by The Divine Comedy. It was released by EMI on March 29, 2004. Two singles were released from the album: "Come Home Billy Bird", which features former Kenickie vocalist Lauren Laverne (now an XFM DJ) on vocals, and the album's title track. Neil Hannon was the only member of The Divine Comedy by this point, as the band had split up shortly after the release of 2001's Regeneration. Hannon had decided to continue using the Divine Comedy name for this album. He was aided by long-time collaborator Joby Talbot, who arranged and conducted the orchestra. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

tracks

more from The Divine Comedy

Victory for the Comic Muse

Casanova

Regeneration

Fin de Siecle

Bang Goes the Knighthood

A Secret History