The Last Dinner Party wants to dance until the end

The Last Dinner Party played Hinterland for the first time this summer. They spoke with IPR about the success of their debut album, 'Prelude to Ecstasy,' meeting at uni and letting their decadent style evolve with them.

"In the middle of the first smoldering day at Hinterland, London-based indie rock band The Last Dinner Party took the main stage in a sweaty blur of black, white, red and pink. Lead singer Abigail Morris donned a luxurious lace veil that bounced as she skipped from one side of the stage to the other, a red ribbon tied just below her knee.

The five-member band of 20-somethings (Morris, Lizzie Mayland, Emily Roberts, Georgia Davies and Aurora Nishevci) are like a gothic-era painting come to life, or some medieval tapestry. Their music videos are dimly lit banquets of corsets, frills and feminine rage, and with a debut album teeming with rich religious wordplay to match, they’re reaping the benefits of nailing down their aesthetic.

That all comes in a year where Gen Z has perhaps overindulged in fashion trends like bows and “coquette,” so it’s hardly a surprise that the band experienced its share of TikTok virality. Their song, “Nothing Matters,” from 'Prelude to Ecstasy,' exploded on the platform.

But the band hasn’t responded by cashing in on the likes. The individual members barely have a social media presence at all. (They leave their professional accounts to keyboardist Nishevci’s younger sister, Elenora, to manage.)"

Read the full story "The Last Dinner Party does what they want, when they want — and it’s working" by IPR's Josie Fischels online here: https://www.iowapublicradio.org/studi...

Photos by Madeleine King, Mark Lage. Video by Madeleine King. Edited by Lucius Pham.