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The Last Dinner Party releases “Prelude to Ecstasy”, their debut album, in which they confirm why they are one of the great promises of current music
The Last Dinner Party is a London project that decided to record part of it Art rock with hints of brilliant pop and allusions to other genres such as Baroque pop. Led by the magnificent voice of Abigail Morris, with support from Lizzie Mayland and Aurora Nishevci, boasts the band Prelude to Ecstasy, a debut album produced by none other than the legendary James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco, Florence + The Machine, Arctic Monkeys).
We recently spoke with them about how much they have grown internationally and their first visit to Mexico (You can watch the full interview here) and they show an amazing commitment to this project, which is reflected in the great album they are releasing to mark the occasion.
A debut album planned by The Last Dinner Party every second
Nothing that happens Prelude to Ecstasy It is of no value there, and it is that TIn the little over 40 minutes they give us today, the Last Dinner Party have made an effort to make their first studio album impeccable. Riffs Catchy, catchy and rounded bass lines, with Abigail’s permanent vocal prominence, put us in a theatrical trance that they didn’t skimp on.
You can listen a relatively quiet song that then explodes violently, as in the mesmerizing “My Lady of Mercy”, which, together with stunning synthesizers and the trio of voices, form a chorus worth hearing in every stadium.
The intro “Prelude to Ecstasy” features phrases from “Nothing Matters,” the penultimate song on the album and an absolute banger that we’ll talk about later. The Last Dinner Party have planned this album so well, starting in the style of grand plays and having an entrance dedicated to preparing the audience. To highlight some of the great openings, let’s remember a song with the same title that bands like Metallica used to perform in their shows: “Ecstasy of Gold” by Ennio Morricone.
Their musical mix dares to challenge the listener to guess where the journey is headed and doesn’t even bother to categorize it., because as the album progresses this feeling diminishes. And as if their plan wasn’t enough, they don’t skimp on installing as many instruments as they want. Brass, orchestral strings, distorted guitar and even percussion that goes beyond regular drums.
We have orchestral parts in “Prelude to Ecstasy” and the mystical “Gjuha”, powerful pop with a rock soul in “Nothing Matters” and “Caesar on the TV Screen” and even something presented as a piano ballad in “Portrait of to Dead Girl”. “, but The bombast of The Last Dinner Party knows no simplicity. Just listen to the orchestral strings and electric guitar incorporated into this song.
The band brings us mNews at the level of sound power
We already know that “The Last Dinner Party” is sonically stunning. This debut album has a very powerful sound that combines elements from different genres and the vocal work also makes you chill.
Alongside Lizzie Mayland on guitar, Emily Roberts on guitar, mandolin and woodwinds, Georgia Davies on bass and Aurora Nishevci on keyboards, We have lyrics in Abigail’s voice that are worthy of a play.
Addictions, long-suffering love, female empowerment and social criticism are some themes we find in “Prelude to Ecstasy” from The Last Dinner Partybut they are also the solid foundation of this album that might not be apparent at first glance, and when we looked closely at the words we were amazed.
Lines like “I know I can look like a man when I put on this suit. I don’t have to keep my mouth shut, I can talk all the time.” in “Caesar on a TV Screen” They attack the social model and laugh at the ridiculous roles that were perhaps constructed before Emperor Caesar. And what a detail to point out in the song’s video that it’s an adaptation of Shakespeare.
“The Last Dinner Party” takes you in different roles from love to violence
In “The Female Urge”, In addition to dancing in the choir, Abigail and the rest of The Last Dinner Party show a very strong sensitivity with this line: “All the poison that I transform and transform into love, the feminine impulse comes, I know it very well. To nourish my mother’s wounds.” We go from tenderness and love to reality and violence in a matter of seconds, with impressive narrative power.
And in this pair of songs Abigail has a knack for creating melodies that stay in your mind and repeat at some point.or, yes, with enormous work on the texts, which are personally and historically profound.
We also have his romantic side but with a relatable reality where the corny one is usually faced with carnal situations and desires. “On your side” It’s devastating and wonderful at times “It doesn’t matter”Where The Last Dinner Party shows us an opposite side, very intense and sensual Riffs great and a powerful battery.
Definitely, Prelude to EcstasyThe Last Dinner Party’s debut is one of the albums that will define this yearalthough it is still early in 2024. Remember that The band will perform for the first time in our country on March 19 at the Lunario of the National Auditoriumin a first intimate concert by a group that really excites us.
To mark the release of their first album, the band released physical versions of the album, a book accompanying the album showing some of the band’s notes and photos from the process of creating this great album, as well as other merchandise that can be purchased from the band’s official website. London quintet.