The Last Dinner Party – Prelude to Ecstasy (2024) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

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Prelude to 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 Last Dinner Party is a love-them-or-hate-them band: Either you are charmed by the theatricality—the high-fashion take on barmaid/wench costumery, singer Abigail Morris’ over-the-top delivery, the musical girl-power of it all—or you are likely to roll your eyes. Lush, louche, lusty and fun, the band’s songs and style draw from a history of Siouxsie Sioux, Bryan Ferry, Florence Welch and early ’80s New Romantics. It’s the kind of grand-scale zeitgeist shift, kick-started by Wet Leg, that was inevitable after the humble trend of lo-fi bedroom pop. “Nothing Matters,” the alternative-radio hit, is truly excellent, with an alchemic formula of clicky New Wave drums, hair-metal guitar riffs, vivid trumpets and a cathartic chorus meant to be shouted at shows: “And you can hold me like he held her/ And I will fuck you like nothing matters.” “Caesar on a TV Screen” is wonderfully weird, encompassing swoony verses, a mischievous Roxy Music-style pre-chorus and a majestic chorus. Morris (who sounds like her arched eyebrow never drops) chews up all the scenery—over-enunciating, milking her English accent, and having the time of her life—with lines like “And just for a second, I could be one of the greats/ I am Caesar on a TV screen, champion of my fate!” Earworm “My Lady of Mercy” is about having a crush on Joan of Arc and sounds like crusaders rushing into battle, complete with cheerleader handclaps, rumble-strip rhythm, a snarling guitar line from Emily Robert and a monster chorus. The Infectious “Sinner” offers tempestuous Morris the sweetened foil of guitarist Lizzie Mayland, as the two trade verses and harmonize over Aurora Nishevci’s baroque piano; it feels like a delightful game of cat-and-mouse. Appropriately, Prelude to Ecstasy is mixed by A-list producer Alan Moulder, who has a long history of working with high-drama bands like My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails and Interpol, and he helps The Last Dinner Party go up to 11: Spinal Tap meets Velvet Goldmine. (Visually, it’s hard to recall a rock band having this much fun with fashion—referencing everything from Picnic At Hanging Rock to Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette—since early Duran Duran and Culture Club.) Even the less-bombastic moments, like ballerina-sweet piano ballad “On Your Side” or the chamber pop of “Portrait of a Dead Girl,” play cinematically. – Shelly Ridenour

Tracklist:

1-1. The Last Dinner Party – Prelude To Ecstasy (01:36)
1-2. The Last Dinner Party – Burn Alive (03:21)
1-3. The Last Dinner Party – Caesar on a TV Screen (03:49)
1-4. The Last Dinner Party – The Feminine Urge (03:26)
1-5. The Last Dinner Party – On Your Side (04:27)
1-6. The Last Dinner Party – Beautiful Boy (03:47)
1-7. The Last Dinner Party – Gjuha (01:29)
1-8. The Last Dinner Party – Sinner (02:56)
1-9. The Last Dinner Party – My Lady of Mercy (02:55)
1-10. The Last Dinner Party – Portrait of a Dead Girl (04:57)
1-11. The Last Dinner Party – Nothing Matters (03:02)
1-12. The Last Dinner Party – Mirror (05:24)

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