News: The Last Dinner Party Release Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics And Covers

The Last Dinner Party are pleased to share Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers – a deluxe edition of their Mercury Prize-shortlisted debut which includes reimagined versions of the band’s own songs alongside unique covers of their favourite tracks from other artists. 

Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers arrives with an on the road video for ‘Portrait of a Dead Girl’; made with footage from the band’s recent inaugural trip to bassist Georgia’s home country of Australia.

Watch ‘Portrait of a Dead Girl’ Video here:

This new collection was first teased towards the end of summer with The Last Dinner Party’s cover of Sparks’ 1974 single ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us’.

Watch ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us’ Video here:

To sum up the impact The Last Dinner Party have had, or simply to try and summarise the highlights of their last twelve months would inevitably be doing the band an injustice. With sell out tours across the globe, chart-bothering singles, a fastest-selling number one album by a debuting band for years, a Rising Star BRIT Award, BBC Sound of 2024 winners, reams of acclaim and now an inclusion on the Mercury Prize – Albums of the Year shortlist: you’d be hard pushed to liken it to any new artist introducing themselves within the last decade, perhaps further beyond. The wildest of rides.

But amongst all the deafening noise stand five smart young musicians trying to ignore what they cannot control and instead leave a permanent impression out on the stages they’d always dreamed of performing on. A mesmerising, captivating live act, The Last Dinner Party started this journey honing their craft on the basement stages of London’s grassroots venues and have been telling their story to bigger capacity rooms across the UK, Europe and the US ever since.

Having commenced the summer with a spree of stellar festival appearances including Radio 1 Big Weekend, Primavera Sound, TRNSMT and a scene-stealing return to Glastonbury, The Last Dinner Party have wrapped their debut run of Australia shows and an appearance at Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival, with the band now amid a collection of sold out dates on both sides of the Atlantic: culminating in 3 nights at London’s Eventim Apollo.

Britain’s “most likely to” have emphatically become Britain’s most in-demand, and Britain’s most exciting.

“The Last Dinner Party serves up an intoxicating blend of coquettish, high-femme aesthetics and heavy rock instrumentals. Lead singer Morris is a powerhouse, wielding a voice that evokes both Freddie Mercury and Florence Welch.” – Vogue

Order Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers here

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Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers tracklisting:

LP 1:

Side A

1. Prelude to Ecstasy
2. Burn Alive
3. Ceaser On A TV Screen
4. The Feminine Urge
5. On Your Side
6. Beautiful Boy

Side B

1. Gjuha
2. Sinner
3. My Lady of Mercy
4. Portrait of A Dead Girl
5. Nothing Matter
6. Mirror

LP 2:

Side C

1. Ceaser On A TV Screen (Acoustic)
2. Sinner (Acoustic)
3. My Lady of Mercy (Acoustic)
4. Nothing Matters (Live)
5. Mirror (Live)

Side D

1. This Town Ain’t Big Enough For Both Of Us (Cover)
2. Up North (Cover)
3. Wicked Game (Cover)
4. Army Dreamers (Cover)

The Last Dinner Party Live:

• 11th October – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester SOLD OUT
• 12th October – Mountford Hall, Liverpool SOLD OUT
• 14th October – Corn Exchange, Cambridge SOLD OUT
• 16th October – Eventim Apollo, London SOLD OUT
• 17th October – Eventim Apollo, London SOLD OUT
• 19th October – Eventim Apollo, London SOLD OUT

• 28th October – L’Olympia, Paris SOLD OUT
• 29th October – Cirque Royal, Brussels SOLD OUT
• 31st October – Paradiso, Amsterdam SOLD OUT
• 2nd November – E-Werk, Cologne SOLD OUT
• 3rd November – TivoliVredenburg, Ultrecht SOLD OUT
• 5th November – L’Épicerie Moderne, Lyon SOLD OUT
• 6th November – Tonhalle, Munich SOLD OUT
• 7th November – Uber Eats Music Hall, Berlin
• 9th November – Inside Seaside Festival, Gdansk
• 10^th November – Sasazu, Prague
• 12th November – Museums Quartier – Halle E, Vienna SOLD OUT
• 13th November – X-TRA, Zurich
• 14th November – Barezzi Festival @ Teatro Regio, Parma
• 16th November – Rockhal Club, Luxembourg SOLD OUT
• 17^th November – 013 Poppodium, Tilburg SOLD OUT