Photo Credit: Laura Marie Cieplik
The Last Dinner Party has revealed that they will be releasing their highly-anticipated sophomore album, From the Pyre, on Oct. 17 via Island Records.
The band – comprised of Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass) and Aurora Nishevci (keyboards, vocals) – has also shared the album’s lead single “This Is the Killer Speaking,” the video for which can be seen below.
“This record is a collection of stories, and the concept of album-as-mythos binds them. ‘The Pyre’ itself is an allegorical place in which these tales originate, a place of violence and destruction but also regeneration, passion and light,” the band shared in a statement. “The songs are character driven but still deeply personal, a commonplace life event pushed to pathological extreme. Being ghosted becomes a Western dance with a killer, and heartbreak laughs into the face of the apocalypse. Lyrics invoke rifles, scythes, sailors, saints, cowboys, floods, Mother Earth, Joan of Arc, and blazing infernos. We found this kind of evocative imagery to be the most honest and truthful way to discuss the way our experiences felt, giving each the emotional weight it deserves.”
“This record feels a little darker, more raw and more earthy; it takes place looking out at a sublime landscape rather than seated at an opulent table. It also feels metatextual and cheeky in places, like a knowing look reflected back at ourselves.”
Click here to pre-order From the Pyre and check out a list of tour dates below. More information can be found at Thelastdinnerparty.co.uk.
The Last Dinner Party Tour Dates
Jul 18 – Lollapalooza Paris – Paris, France
Jul 26 – Truck Festiva – Oxfordshire, UK
Jul 27 – Tramlines – Sheffield, UK
Aug 2 – Y Not Festival – Pikehall, Derbyshire, UK
Aug 3 – Kendal Calling – Penrith, UK
Aug 11 – Sziget Festival – Budapest, Hungary
Aug 15 – MS Dockville – Hamburg, Germany
Aug 16 – Pukkelpop – Hasselt, Belgium
Aug 17 – Cabaret Vert – Charleville-Mézières, France
Aug 23 – Victorious Festival – Portsmouth, UK
Aug 24 – FORWARDS – Bristol, UK
Sep 26 – All Things Go – Washington, DC, USA
Sep 27 – Soundside Music Festival – Bridgeport, CT, USA
Sep 28 – All Things Go – Forest Hills, NY, USA