English band The Last Dinner Party is set to release their second album ‘From The Pyre’ on October 17 2025 via Island Records. The new project will follow the five-piece as they push their creativity to the max with new, developed and more mature sounds. The acclaimed band headed into the studio at the beginning of the year to record alongside Grammy Award winning producer Markus Dravs, who has previously collaborated with names such as Wolf Alice, Florence + The Machine and Björk. ‘From The Pyre’ will be the follow-up to their number 1 debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstasy’.
The Last Dinner Party said in a statement: “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.”
Earlier in May, the band teased the mood of their upcoming project in an interview with NME: “It’s got darker themes, and we’ve been processing heavier emotions. It’s a pretty dark time, so I think that is reflected in the music because we’re in touch with the world.”
With the album reveal comes the first single, ‘This Is The Killer Speaking’. The song was met with positive reviews, with Cult Media saying “This confident leap forward is of the same quality as their debut. This is the Killer Speaking swings from tender spoken-word spots to infectious glam-rock moments, which hear The Last Dinner Party implement new ideas into an already present momentum.”
Far Out also gave a warm reception to the new single: “Like if Kate Bush wrote a theme tune for a western flick, it merges the group’s cinematic inspirations with a perfect balance of feminine and masculine soundscapes, letting Morris’ voice show off the full range, including some incredible high points, in a way that perfectly suits the lyrics too.
“Singing of a dark and doomed love and a desire to reclaim the power, it’s likened to a hostage situation or a villain wandering back into town after she escapes and returns a savage, just as the band play it live, marching one by one back onto stage for an encore.”
The band recently appeared at BST Hyde Park as the penultimate support act for Olivia Rodrigo. Here, their performing prowess received high praise, with yahoo!life writing “The setlist varied in musical style, each with rich vocal harmonies, fancy guitar flourishes, and all wrapped in a dramatic flair. I was instantly sensing a combination of Kate Bush and David Bowie influences, with the more contemporary flamboyance of artists like Chappell Roan.”
The group will be trying to continue their successful run which has grown since they stepped on the scene – in 2024, they won the Brit Rising Star Award, and returned in 2025 to snatch the Best New Artist award.
The Last Dinner Party will be curating an exhibition on David Bowie, set to open in the V&A in London this September. You can read our MXDWN coverage on that here.
