The Last Dinner Party: From The Pyre (indie exclusive, neon pink vinyl) [ISLAND]

Why you'll love it

An indie exclusive pressing on neon pink vinyl of the band's second album. It went to No. 2 in the UK, earned an 82 on Metacritic, and The Times summed it up as "Roxy Music for the internet age."

This edition

• Indie exclusive pressing
• Neon pink vinyl
• Single LP, ten tracks
• Island Records pressing (cat# 7859766)

About the album

Second albums have a reputation, and The Last Dinner Party seem to have read it and decided it didn't apply to them. The London band arrived fully formed with Prelude to Ecstasy, all candlelit drama and big choruses, and From the Pyre picks up the torch (sorry) with a record the band themselves called "a little darker, more raw and more earthy." Markus Dravs produced it, Alan Moulder mixed it, and you can hear both in how huge and how close it sounds at the same time.

The singles tell the story: "This Is the Killer Speaking" and "Count the Ways" both made the US Adult Alternative airplay chart, while "The Scythe" and "Second Best" (guitarist Emily Roberts' song about an old relationship) kept the momentum up in between. Opener "Agnus Dei" sets the theatrical tone and closer "Inferno" burns it all down in three and a half minutes. The LP hit No. 1 in Scotland and No. 7 in Australia, and ended up on year-end lists from DIY and NME. Baroque pop for people who like their art rock with a bit of velvet on it.

"fiercely ambitious, gloriously messy, and wickedly entrancing"
The Line of Best Fit

Tracklist

Listen

On Island Records (cat# 7859766), first out in 2025.