Last Dinner Party

The Last Dinner Party are a British indie rock band from London, formed in 2021. The band consists of Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass) and Aurora Nishevci (keyboards, vocals). They have no permanent drummer, and are currently[as of?] joined during live performances by Casper Miles.

The band signed with Island Records before releasing their debut single "Nothing Matters" in April 2023, which became a top 20 UK hit. They were awarded the Rising Star Brit Award in December 2023, subsequently winning the BBC Sound of 2024 poll. Their debut studio album, Prelude to Ecstasy, was released on 2 February 2024 and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. The group's second album, From the Pyre, will be released on 17 October 2025.

History
Morris (from London), Davies (from Australia) and Mayland (from Hebden Bridge) met in 2018 during Freshers' Week at King's College London, and decided to form a band after frequently attending gigs together at The Windmill, feeling inspired by being part of the scene around the venue, with bands such as Black Midi and HMLTD. Their original name the Dinner Party was "inspired by the idea of a huge debauched dinner party where people came together to celebrate with a hedonistic banquet". Emily Roberts was recommended to Morris as a guitarist by a mutual friend, and Nishevci was then brought in. Roberts and Nishevci attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

The band initially struggled to find time to rehearse together because of the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, and they did not perform live until their first gig at The George in London in November 2021. They signed with management group Q Prime in early 2022. They spent the following year honing their sound and building word-of-mouth support on the live circuit in London, including playing a set as the opening act (while still called The Dinner Party) for the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park in July 2022, along with supporting Benee on her world tour for the London show.

After signing with Island Records as the Last Dinner Party (to avoid confusion with the jazz supergroup Dinner Party), they released their debut single "Nothing Matters", which was produced by James Ford, on 19 April 2023. The song was later announced as being part of the soundtrack for EA Sports FC 24. During the summer of 2023 the band supported Hozier and played several festivals in the UK, Ireland and Europe, including Glastonbury and Latitude. They were also invited to play a live session on the BBC Radio 6 Music show, New Music Fix Friday. The band also opened for First Aid Kit on three of their UK dates in August 2023.

They released their second single "Sinner" on 30 June 2023, and their third single "My Lady of Mercy" on 9 October 2023, both of which were also produced by James Ford. They made their first appearance on the BBC show Later... with Jools Holland on 21 October 2023, performing "Nothing Matters" and "My Lady of Mercy". On 1 November 2023, the fourth single, "On Your Side" was released and the fifth single, "Caesar on a TV Screen" was released on 4 January 2024 a month prior to the release of their debut album Prelude to Ecstasy.

In January 2024, they performed on the BBC's The Graham Norton Show. They were the winners of the BRITs Rising Star award at the Brit Awards 2024. The album's sixth single, "The Feminine Urge", was released in July 2024.

In August 2024 the group announced that they will release Prelude to Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers on 11 October 2024. The release features the entire Prelude to Ecstasy studio album along with five live and acoustic versions of songs from the studio album along with four cover songs performed in the studio and live. The first single, a cover of the Sparks song "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us", was released on 28 August 2024.

Lizzie Mayland on 9 May 2025 released their debut solo EP, The Slow Fire of Sleep, under the name L Mayland.

On 7 July 2025 the band teased a new single (and possible new album) on their Instagram page when they posted a twelve second video in which they were seen dancing around a bonfire while a soft, ethereal guitar riff played over the top. Fans were prompted to click on a link to the band's website where they were met with a screen with the words "Mythologise Thyself". On 17 July 2025 the group released "This Is the Killer Speaking", the lead single from their second studio album From the Pyre, due to be released on 17 October 2025.

On August 23rd 2025, The Last Dinner Party were due to play Victorious Festival but pulled out after an incident the previous day in which Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers had their set cut off after they brought out a Palestinian flag. In a statement on Instagram, The Last Dinner Party wrote "As a band we cannot cosign political censorship and will therefore be boycotting the festival today."

Musical style
"Nothing Matters", was described as "art-rock bombast" by Rolling Stone UK, while the Evening Standard described their music and live shows as having a "distinctive baroque-pop sound and look". The band have been compared to David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, Kate Bush, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Roxy Music, ABBA, Queen, Sparks, Florence and the Machine and Warpaint. The band's members have cited Queen, St. Vincent, Chappell Roan and Lana Del Rey as leading influences.