The Last Dinner Party announce new album ‘From The Pyre’ and share comeback single
Mercury Prize-nominated group The Last Dinner Party have returned with their new single, ‘This is the Killer Talking’, and confirmed details of their second album, From The Pyre.
The forthcoming album is set for an October 17th, 2025, release through Island Records. For the new record, The Last Dinner Party teamed up with Grammy-winning producer Markus Dravs, who has previously helmed LPs including Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, Coldplay’s Viva La Vida, Mumford and Sons’ Sigh No More, and Wolf Alice’s Blue Weekend.
In a joint statement, The Last Dinner Party said of From The Pyre: “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.’
Providing further insight into the album, they added: “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,” The Last Dinner Party continued.
They also highlighted the differences between From The Pyre and Prelude to Ecstasy, adding, “This record feels a little darker, more raw and more earthy; it takes place looking out at a sublime landscape rather than seated an opulent table. It also feels metatextual and cheeky in places, like a knowing look reflected back at ourselves.”
Fans who have attended The Last Dinner Party shows across festival season will already be familiar with new single, ‘This Is the Killer Speaking’, which has become a staple of their live shows.
While they have no headline dates announced, The Last Dinner Party are set to perform at more festivals across the UK and Europe this summer, including Tramlines, Victorious, Kendal Calling, Y Not, Sziget and Pukkelpop.
See the tracklist for From The Pyre below.
The Last Dinner Party – From The Pyre tracklist:
- ‘Agnus Dei’
- ‘Count The Ways’
- ‘Second Best’
- ‘This Is The Killer Speaking’
- ‘Rifle’
- ‘Woman Is A Tree’
- ‘Hold Your Anger’
- ‘Sail Away’
- ‘The Scythe’
- ‘Inferno’
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