The Last Dinner Party Announce Debut Album 'Prelude To Ecstasy', Share New Track On Your Side
Wednesday, 01 November 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Cal McIntyre
The Last Dinner Party have announced their debut album.
Created with producer James Ford in London, 'Prelude To Ecstasy' will arrive through Island Records on February 2. It'll feature the London rising stars' 2023 singles My Lady Of Mercy, Sinner and Nothing Matters, along with a newly shared track, On Your Side, which is guided by layered harmonies underpinned by a swaying melody. They said:
"On Your Side is a love song with its hands tied. It’s about being so devoted to someone that no matter what they do, no matter how much it hurts, how much you know you should leave, you can’t escape. The outro came from a wonderful improvised moment in the studio; James Ford had this synthesiser that warped and delayed and played with the fabric of whatever you put into it.
"So Aurora and Abigail sat in the studio after lunch and improvised some piano and vocal lines, letting the sounds build on top of each other until that final gasp. It turned into this wrenching shimmering section that sounds like the end of a poisonous relationship; dissolving, fragmenting, painful but also ultimately freeing."
Commenting on the record, the group added: "Ecstasy is a pendulum which swings between the extremes of human emotion, from the ecstasy of passion to the sublimity of pain, and it is this concept which binds our album together.
This is an archeology of ourselves; you can exhume our collective and individual experiences and influences from within its fabric. We exorcised guitars for their solos, laid bare confessions directly from diary pages, and summoned an orchestra to bring our vision to life. It is our greatest honour and pride to present this offering to the world, it is everything we are."
The band kicked off a run of US dates in Washington D.C yesterday (October 31), with the short tour set to visit New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Chicago.
They'll then return for UK and European arena concerts supporting Hozier in December. They also have a night gig scheduled at The Workman's Club in Dublin on December 19, a date at The Fleece in Bristol on January 30, and an "intimate variety show" lined up at London's Roundhouse on February 1, with support from Heartworms.
The Last Dinner Party Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu November 02 2023 - NEW YORK New York - Bowery Ballroom (USA)
Sat November 04 2023 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Johnny Brenda's (USA)
Mon November 06 2023 - LOS ANGELES California - El Rey Theatre Los Angeles (USA)
Thu November 09 2023 - CHICAGO Illinois - Bottom Lounge (USA)
Tue December 19 2023 - DUBLIN Workmans Club
Tue January 30 2024 - BRISTOL THE FLEECE
Thu February 01 2024 - LONDON Roundhouse
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