London art-rock band The Last Dinner Party have announced details of their second album, ‘From The Pyre’, due for release on 17 October 2025 via Island Records. Alongside the announcement came the lead single, ‘This Is The Killer Speaking‘ — a bold, cinematic track that hints at a more theatrical and shadowed direction for the group.
It marks a quick return for a band still riding high from their Mercury-nominated debut, ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’ which reached Number One in early 2024. Their baroque-rock aesthetic, literary lyrics and ornate live shows drew immediate attention, and with ‘From The Pyre’, they seem intent on building on that success rather than repeating it.
The album was produced by Markus Dravs, known for his work with Florence + The Machine and Wolf Alice, and was recorded between London and southern France earlier this year. The band describe ‘From The Pyre’ as “a collection of stories,” a kind of mythic cycle that explores love, obsession, rebirth and decay. “The Pyre,” they said in a recent post, “is both destruction and creation — the idea that something has to burn before something else can begin.”
Lead single ‘This Is The Killer Speaking‘ sets that tone perfectly. Its music video, released alongside the announcement, is full of surreal Western imagery — duels, candlelight and symbolic violence. It’s not a straightforward single, but rather a statement of intent: all atmosphere and tension, more stage play than pop song.
A second single, ‘The Scythe’, released earlier this summer, hinted at the same darker shift. Written when vocalist Abigail Morris was still a teenager, it’s been re-imagined here as a weighty, cinematic lament. Together, the two tracks sketch out a record that feels both more personal and more ambitious, something steeped in storytelling but still raw at its core.
The band have also announced a full UK and European tour in support of the release, with dates already selling quickly through their official site. Known for turning gigs into something closer to theatre — complete with period costumes and gothic staging — The Last Dinner Party’s live shows have been central to their rise, earning them a reputation as one of Britain’s most distinctive new acts.
Where ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’ was grand and immediate, ‘From The Pyre’ looks set to dig deeper into mood and emotion, balancing beauty with unease. If the new singles are any indication, The Last Dinner Party aren’t just chasing the same acclaim — they’re widening the stage, burning brighter, and stepping further into their own strange mythology.
