B i o g r a p h y (by James Christopher Monger)
London's the Last Dinner Party combine maximalist pop grandeur with hook-filled baroque indie rock to create bold modern stadium anthems that evoke the art-pop acumen of artists like Sparks, Kate Bush, and Siouxsie and the Banshees. Founded in 2021 by Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass), and Aurora Nishevci (keys, vocals), the band initially operated under the name the Dinner Party before adopting their current moniker in 2022. One of the most buzzed-about acts on the London live circuit -- they landed an opening slot for the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park without having released a single yet -- the Last Dinner Party inked a deal with Island ahead of the arrival of 2023's "Nothing Matters." Potent, brash, and majestic, the song lived up to the hype, garnering millions of streams and setting the table for the group's debut full-length effort, Prelude to Ecstasy, in 2024.
Army Dreamers Big Dog Call me Dog Days Are Over Godzilla Mandinka One Of Your Girls Second Best This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us Wicked Game
Prelude To Ecstasy Burn Alive Wine is on your blouse You think it's so romantic But in reality We're both just addicts I am not the girl I set out to be Let me make my grief a commodity Do what I can to survive There is candle wax melting in my veins So I keep myself standing in your flames Burn, burn me alive I am at the stake Petrol my perfume Bite marks on my back I never could say no You don't wanna hurt me But I want you to I'd break off my ribs To make another you You made me bite my tongue And now there's blood in my glass Will you buy me a new one This is too good to last I am not the girl I set out to be Let me make my grief a commodity Do what I can to survive There is candle wax melting in my veins So I keep myself standing in your flames Burn, burn me alive Burn, burn me alive Burn me Burn me Burn me Burn Burn me alive Caesar On A TV Screen Every night when we say goodbye I know that I can see myself as a man When I put on that suit, I don't have to stay mute I can talk all the time 'cause my shoulders are wide And I'm falling like the leaves on Leningrad I follow your footprints when I can't hold your hand My darling, believe me, I was born to be with you But it'll be me that the world will answer to And just for a second, I could be one of the greats I'll be Caesar on a TV screen, champion of my fate No one can tell me to stop, I'll have everything I want, anyone And everyone will like me then Everyone will like me then When I was a child, I never felt like a child I felt like an emperor with a city to burn I got down on my knees, begged the men in the trees To give me an answer, je ne veux pas penser And it's raining like it did in Leningrad My lover would like to buy a flat in Leningrad And I'd trade my tongue in just to hear him every night To talk about Red Scare and how they got it right And just for a second, I could be one of the greats I am Caesar on a TV screen, champion of my fate No one can tell me to stop, I'll have everything I want, anyone And everyone will like me then Everyone will love me! The Feminine Urge A room at dusk Mastering the art of lying still Breathe like a girl 'Til my lungs fill Oh pull your boots on, boys And put me down I'm only here for your entertainment I am a dark red liver stretched out on a rock All the poison I convert it and I turn it to love Here comes the feminine urge. I know it so well To nurture the wounds my mother held Oh, ballerina bend under the weight of it all Ain't it fun to hold the world in your hand Do you feel like a man when I can't talk back Do you want me or do you want control Failure to commit to the role, I admit Was a failure you achieved on your own Do you want me to care when you just disappear I can't win them all Run 'til I fall How I wish the trees would swallow me Make me a forest Take away my soul I could never give The curse of her I- I could never live with the guilt of lying That people are kind I am a dark red liver stretched out on the rocks All the poison I convert it and I turn it to love Here comes the feminine urge. I know it so well To nurture the wounds my mother held Oh, ballerina bend under the weight of it all Ain't it fun to hold the world in your hands Do you feel like a man when I can't talk back Do you want me or do you want control Failure to commit to the role I admit Was a failure you achieved on your own Do you want me to care when you just disappear I can't win them all I am a dark red liver (ooh) stretched out on the rocks (oh-oh-ooh) All the poison I convert it and I turn it to love (ooh-oh-ooh-ooh) Here comes the feminine urge. I know it so well (oh-oh-ooh) To nurture the wounds Give me that dark red liquor stretched out on the rocks All the poison I convert it and I turn it to love Here comes the feminine urge. I know it so well To nurture the wounds my mother held On Your Side I know I'm better off not looking back Forgive me, father, won't you take it back That we were lovers Bodies touching On park benches Stray dogs watching It disgusts me now I wish I didn't want you Wish I could do without This blood on my face Where your teeth sunk in Bite me again When it's 4 am And your heart is breaking I will hold your hands To stop them from shaking If it takes all night I will be on your side Back to the olive mount you led me to The wind was blinding so I clung to you And you smiled so sweetly as you threw me Down the rocks, into the seaweed You thought that I could fly And I wish I didn't want you Wish I could do without This blood on my face Where your teeth sunk in Bite me again When it's 4 am And your heart is breaking I will hold your hands To stop them from shaking If it takes all night I will be on your side When you're lying here I believe you love me You can hold my hair back When you kiss me If you stay all night I will be on your side When it's 4am And your heart is breaking I will hold your hands To stop them from shaking If it takes all night I will be on your side Beautiful Boy The best a boy can ever be is pretty He launches ships on which he sails to safety And what I'm feeling isn't lust, it's envy He has the Earth makes love to her to spite me I am held captive by the ribbon 'round my neck Each course I chart determined by a wreck The power in my hips is useless in the dark What good are red lips when you're faced with something sharp Beautiful boy Beautiful boy Beautiful boy I wish I could be a beautiful boy Beautiful boy Beautiful boy I wish I could be a beautiful boy Gjuha
Sinner I wish I knew you Back when we were both small I wish I knew you But I have gotten too tall I wish I knew you When touch was innocent I wish I knew you Before it felt like a sin Felt like a sin Before it felt like a sin Felt like a sin Before it felt like a sin There's nothing for me Here, where the world is small But how you touch me For that, I'd leave it all Back in the city Cold eyes and lips of dust So turn and face me Turn to the altar of lust Felt like a sin Before it felt like a sin Pray for me on your knees Pray for me on your knees Pray for me on your knees Before it felt like a sin Felt like a sin Before it felt like a sin Pray for me on your knees Pray for me on your knees Pray for me on your knees Before it felt like a sin Stay through the night I'd spend the mornings by your side Pray for me on your knees Time slips away Pray for me on your knees Pray for me on your knees Before the hillside turns to grey Pray for me, kneel with me Soak in the crystal stream Wash the sin from your back Cleanse my soul, make me whole Dance in the morning glow Hold me, we can't go back Before it felt like a sin Felt like a sin Before it felt like a sin Pray for me on your knees Pray for me on your knees Pray for me on your knees Before it felt like a sin Felt like a sin Before it felt like a sin My Lady Of Mercy Take me back to your swimming pool You lovely little Foolish thinking I could have you Naked in a trench coat I'll see you on Sunday I wanna hear them sing Teach me how to do as you do Guide me, show me how And let me be your arrow Baby, make me pow I'll see you on Sunday I wanna hear them sing, ah Oh, rest your feet on me My lady of mercy Strike me, pierce me straight through the heart I, I want to take your picture Picture me in bed under your crucifix Under your long black hair I'll see you on Sunday I wanna make them sing, ah Oh, rest your feet on me My lady of mercy Strike me, pierce me straight through the heart Oh, rest your feet on me My lady of mercy Strike me, pierce me straight through the heart Portrait Of A Dead Girl When you laid like a wolf With your head on my lap I felt like one of those portraits Of women protected by a beast on a chain They look so safe A guard dog there just for her If only she know that with one wrong move He'll turn around and tear off her hands And I wish you had given me the courtesy Of ripping out my throat And I wish that I let you have the dignity Of letting me go I break apart without your arms The smell of soap and petrol smarts Let me feed you to my friends Over and over again Let my last words be our last dance I'd die for you no questions asked If anyone could kill me It probably would be you He's got letters on his fist R-I-D-E A triumph on his hips He looks like one of those film stars With a blow-up doll and a BB gun And I wish you had given me the courtesy Of staying one more night And I wish that I had the guts The dignity To put up a fight I break apart without your arms The smell of soap and petrol smarts Let me feed you to my friends Over and over again Let my last words be our last dance I'd die for you no questions asked If anyone could kill me It probably would be you Don't have the strength to pin me down The time I wasted in your mouth Waves that crash against your chest Over and over again I kissed your eyes And framed your teeth As you crawl back into the sea Oh, anyone could kill me And I'd never ever let it be you Nothing Matters I have my sentence now, at last, I know just how you felt I dig my fingers in, expecting more than just the skin 'Cause we're a lot alike, in favour, like a motorbike A sailor and a nightingale dancing in convertibles And you can hold me like he held her And I will fuck you like nothing matters And you can hold me like he held her And I will fuck you like nothing matters We've got the highway tight, the moon is bursting with headlights One more and we're away, love tender in your Chevrolet And we're a lot alike, in favour, like a motorbike A sailor and a nightingale dancing in convertibles And you can hold me like he held her And I will fuck you like nothing matters And you can hold me like he held her And I will fuck you like nothing matters Even when the cold comes crashing through, I'm putting all my bets on you I hope they never understand us I put my heart inside your palms, my home in your arms, now we know Nothing matters, nothing matters And you can hold me like he held her And I will fuck you like nothing matters And you can hold me like he held her And I will fuck you like nothing matters And you can hold me like he held her And I will fuck you like nothing matters And you can hold me like he held her And I will fuck you like nothing matters Mirror This is the only thing I know how to do Make the keys turn red And my lips turn blue I break on the pavement You could swim in these eyes 'Cause I'm no good 'Til I crack She's there when I wake up At the end of my bed With a smile on her face And a gun to my head And lately I've been thinkin' What if I keep sinking If I drown will they make me a star When you drown Do they know who you are I'm just a mirror Break my glass to fix your heart I'm just a mirror Pretty glass, an empty heart I'm just a mirror I don't exist without your gaze I fade away I fade away I'm on the hunt for a something Warm about the flesh Is it in this city Is it in your bed Pull out with the sunrise No one else is to blame I'll leave you flowers But not my name 'Cause lately I've been drinkin' I need to slow my thinkin' Tell me how you're feeling I'll reflect the reason When I drown Will I get very far When you drown They'll forget who you are I'm just a mirror Break my glass to fix your heart I'm just a mirror Pretty glass, an empty heart I'm just a mirror I don't exist without your gaze I fade away I fade away I fade away
Non Albums Tracks
Army Dreamers (Live Studio Brussel) Our little army boy Is coming home from B.F.P.O. I've a bunch of purple flowers To decorate mammy's hero Mourning in the aerodrome The weather warmer, he is colder Four men in uniform To carry home my little soldier (What could he do? Should have been a rock star) But he didn't have the money for a guitar (What could he do? Should have been a politician) But he never had a proper education (What could he do? Should have been a father) But he never even made it to his twenties What a waste, army dreamers What a waste of army dreamers Tears over a tin box Jesus Christ, he wasn't to know Like a chicken with a fox He couldn't win the war with ego Give the kid the pick of pips And give him all your stripes and ribbons While he's sitting in his hole He might as well have buttons and bows (What could he do? Should have been a rock star) But he didn't have the money for a guitar (What could he do? Should have been a politician) But he never had a proper education (What could he do? Should have been a father) But he never even made it to his twenties What a waste, army dreamers What a waste of army dreamers Oh what a waste of all the army dreamers Army dreamers, army dreamers
Big Dog (Live) Burnt your lips treating mine like cherries You were so sweet, I’m a big dog My feet bleeds from ??? Lick them clean like you’re my big dog I’ll make my absence feel like violence I am holy, I’m a Big dog Big dog Big dog Big dog On a scale ??? Of watching me win Through the chain-link fence He is peeling his skin Be afraid of the hound I am hunting you down Mechanical rabbit, let me put you down I’m behind you I’m a big deal No protection, I’m a big dog My feet bleeds from ??? Lick them clean like you’re my big dog I’ll make this violence feel like a right choice I am screaming I’m a Big dog Big dog Big dog Big dog I’m the flood, I’m the wind That will wash this away Cold sheet on your skin Give the master your pain Who’s the real gun-slinger Who’s beneath my little finger I’m above you, have no mercy Rabbit, rabbit I’m a big dog Big dog Big dog Big dog Big dog Oh, big dog Big dog Big dog Big dog Big dog Big dog Big dog Use your lips treat mine like cherries You were so sweet, I’m a big dog
Call Me (Blondie / Live on Triple j's Like A Version) Color me your color, baby Color me your car Color me your color, darling I know who you are Come up off your color chart I know where you're coming from Call me (call me) on the line Call me any, anytime Call me (call me) I'll arrive You can call me any day or night Call me Cover me with kisses, baby Cover me with love Roll me in designer sheets I'll never get enough Emotions come, I don't know why Cover up love's alibi Call me (call me) on the line You can call me, call me any, anytime Call me (call me) I'll arrive When you're ready, we can share the wine Call me He speaks the languages of love Amore, chiamami, chiamami Appelle-moi mon chéri, appelle-moi Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any way Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, any day Call me my love You can call me, call me any, anytime Call me for a ride You can call me for some overtime Call me in my life Call me, call me in a sweet design Call me, call me for your lover's, lover's alibi Call me (call me) on the line You can call me any, anytime Call me (call me) I'll arrive You can call me any day or night Call me, call me Call me Call me
Dog Days Are Over (Florence & The Machine / Live BBC Radio 1's Sound of 2024) Happiness hit her like a train on a track Coming towards her stuck still no turning back She hid around corners and she hid under beds She killed it with kisses and from it, she fled With every bubble, she sank with a drink And washed it away down the kitchen sink The dog days are over The dog days are done The horses are coming So you better run Run fast for your mother, fast for your father Run for your children, for your sisters and your brothers Leave all your love and your longing behind You can't carry it with you if you want to survive The dog days are over The dog days are done Can you hear the horses 'Cause here they come And I never wanted anything from you Except everything you had and what was left after that too, oh Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back Struck from a great height by someone who should know better than that The dog days are over The dog days are done Can you hear the horses 'Cause here they come Run fast for your mother, fast for your father Run for your children, for your sisters and brothers Leave all your love and your longing behind You can't carry it with you if you want to survive The dog days are over The dog days are done Can you hear the horses 'Cause here they come The dog days are over The dog days are done The horses are coming So you better run The dog days are over The dog days are done The horses are coming So you better run
Godzilla (Live) ??? are frozen I hope you live the life that you have chosen I’d never leave you, I’d never leave you I’d never leave your side I never knew you, I never knew you Until the day that you crossed the line I should’ve known better I should’ve done more I couldn’t protect you now you’re running out the door ??? Oh hide your eyes In the name of all that’s holy I will take what is mine Won’t surrender, my defender So they’ll ??? I’ll surrender ??? I’m an honest man I never knew you, I never knew you I’d never leave your side I never knew you, or what you’ve been through Until the day that you crossed the line Oh I should’ve known better I should’ve done more I couldn’t protect you now you’re running out the door ??? Oh hide your eyes In the name of all that’s holy I will take what is mine Oh hide your eyes Eye-I-I-I I will take what is mine I will take what is mine
Mandinka (Sinéad O'Connor / Live) I'm dancing the seven veils Want you to pick up my scarves See how the black moon fades Soon I can give you my heart I don't know no shame I feel no pain I can't see the flame But I do know Mandinka I do know Mandinka I do know Mandinka I do They're throwing it all this way Dragging it back to the start "See how the glass is raised" I have refused to take part I told them, "Drink something new" Please, let me pull something through I don't know no shame I feel no pain I can't I don't know no shame I feel no pain I can't see the flame But I do know Mandinka I do know Mandinka I do know Mandinka I said I do I do know Mandinka I do know Mandinka I do know Mandinka I do know Mandinka I said I do know Mandinka I do know Mandinka I said I do I said I do I said I do
One Of Your Girls (Troye Sivan Cover / Live Lounge for BBC Radio 1) Everybody loves you, baby You should trademark your face Linin' down the block to be around you Baby, I'm first in place Face card, no cash, no credit Yes, God, don't speak, you said it Look at you Skip the application, interview Sweet like Marabou Look, look at you Give me a call if you ever get lonely I'll be like one of your girls or your homies Say what you want, and I'll keep it a secret You get the key to my heart, and I need it Give me a call if you ever get desperate I'll be like one of your girls Everybody wants you, baby (everybody) You should insure that waist (with the highest policy you can get) Bet nobody wants you bad as I do Baby, let me plead my case Face card, no cash, no credit Yes, God, don't speak, you said it Look at you Look at you Give me a call if you ever get lonely I'll be like one of your girls or your homies Say what you want, and I'll keep it a secret You get the key to my heart, and I need it Give me a call if you ever get desperate I'll be like one of your girls
Give me a call if you ever get desperate I'll be like one of your girls
Second Best (Live) Now the days grow long And your hands and tears Are lost to the wind Take me back, take me back Let us walk by the shore By the hand, by the hair I don’t care anymore With the world at your feet leave footprints on my back I’ll be the first, I’ll be the last To want to leave, to go back ??? you’re mad when I Your cold answer's mine I’m wasting my time You know I hate to lose And maybe that’s why I’ve left you behind I feel like I’ve left you behind Ain’t it nice Second best Ain’t it good Second best Ain’t it nice Second best Ain’t it good Second best Oh, against the bathroom tiles Your back goes on for miles I’m losing my mind Babe, you know it ain’t fair To leave me again He's waiting downstairs There's always somebody downstairs Ain’t it nice Second best Ain’t it good Second best Ain’t it nice Second best Oh, ain’t it good Second best What do I do to be better for you What do I do to be better for you What do I do to be better for you ??? are all lost What do I do to be better for you ??? hands and tears are all lost, to the Take me back, take me back Let us walk by the shore By the hand by the hair I don’t care anymore With the world at your feet leave footprints on my back I’ll be first, I’ll be last To want to leave, to go back Ain’t it nice Second best Ain’t it good Second best Ain’t it nice Second best Ain’t it good Second best Ain’t it nice Second best Ain’t it good Second best Ain’t it nice Second best Ain’t it good Second best Take me back, take me back Let us walk by the shore By the hand by the hair I don’t care anymore With the world at your feet leave footprints on my back I’ll be first, I’ll be last To want to leave, to go back
This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us (The Sparks) Zoo time is she and you time The mammals are your favorite type, and you want her tonight Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat You hear the thunder of stampeding rhinos, elephants and tacky tigers This town ain't big enough for the both of us And it ain't me who's gonna leave Flying, domestic flying And when the stewardess is near do not show any fear Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat You are a khaki-colored bombardier, it's Hiroshima that you're nearing This town ain't big еnough for both of us And it ain't me who's gonna leave Daily, еxcept for Sunday You dawdle in to the cafe where you meet her each day Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat As twenty cannibals have hold of you, they need their protein just like you do This town ain't big enough for the both of us And it ain't me who's gonna leave Shower, another shower You got to look your best for her and be clean everywhere Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat The rain is pouring on the foreign town, the bullets cannot cut you down This town ain't big enough for the both of us And it ain't me who's gonna leave Census, the latest census There'll be more girls who live in town though not enough to go 'round Heartbeat, increasing heartbeat You know that this town isn't big enough, not big enough for both of us This town isn't big enough, not big enough for both of us I ain't gonna leave
Wicked Game (Chris Isaak Cover / Live) The world was on fire and no one could save me but you It's strange what desire will make foolish people do I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you No, I don't wanna fall in love I don't wanna fall in love With you With you What a wicked game you play, to make me feel this way What a wicked thing to do, to let me dream of you What a wicked thing to say, you never felt this way What a wicked thing to do, to make me dream of you And I don't wanna fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart) No, I don't wanna fall in love (This world is only gonna break your heart) Nobody loves no one