The Last Dinner Party announce new album, drop video for lead single
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The Last Dinner Party announce new album, drop video for lead single

The Last Dinner Party have returned with news of their sophomore album From The Pyre, due out October 17 via Island Records. Alongside the announcement, they’ve shared the record’s theatrical lead single, “This Is The Killer Speaking". You can check out the video below and pre-order the new LP here.

Work on the album picked up in early 2025, when the band entered the studio with Grammy Award-winning producer Markus Dravs, known for his collaborations with Florence + The Machine and Björk.

Speaking on the forthcoming LP, the band explains that, "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."

They continue:

"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."

Contrasting it with their 2023 debut , Prelude to Ecstasy, the London quintet adds, "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."

You can find From The Pyre’s full tracklist and cover art below.

From the Pyre tracklist:

  1. “Agnus Dei”
  2. “Count the Ways”
  3. “Second Best”
  4. “This Is the Killer Speaking”
  5. “Rifle”
  6. “Woman Is a Tree”
  7. “Hold Your Anger”
  8. “Sail Away”
  9. “The Scythe”
  10. “Inferno”

Drew P. Simmons

Buffalo, NY

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