The Last Dinner Party

**The Last Dinner Party** (formerly known as **The Dinner Party**) is a indie-rock band formed in 2021 In Brixton, London. They started out mainly being a live band before attracting the attention of managers and labels. In early 2023 they signed with Island Records, and on April 19, 2023 they officially released their highly anticipated debut single, Nothing Matters.

## Background

Abigail, Georgia, and Lizzie met in 2020 in London before starting university. A mutual friend recommended Emily to the band, who in turn brought in Aurora. They started to bond watching gigs in South London and seeing bands at the likes of the Brixton Windmill, they felt Inspired by the music and wanted to be part of it somehow.

They 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.

The band got traction after Lou Smith, aka the South London scene's unofficial videographer, videoed their fourth ever show and posted it to his YouTube channel. They were a new band without any representation at the time and after that video was uploaded they received correspondence from labels, managers, PRs with all the emails being titled "RE: Lou Smith video", which the band is very thankful to Smith for.

Before April of 2023 the band had not yet released any studio music, this is because they wanted to prove themselves as a live unit and create a kind of community before putting out any music, like they had watched another band, *Black Midi*, done before them. They wanted the live shows to be the center of what they were about rather than just a song or two they’d released on Spotify.

## Name

The first name of the band, *"The Dinner Party"*, was inspired by the idea of a huge debauched dinner party where people came together to celebrate with a hedonistic banquet.
It was only after they had named their band they found out about the art installation of the same name by US artist Judy Chicago.

They announced the change of their name on January 26, 2023 to avoid confusion with US musician Kamasi Washington’s *Dinner Party* project. when Andy Von Pip of Under The Radar magazine suggested the addition of "The Last" added a more deeper and more evocative image, conjuring up a sense of doomed grandeur and faded sepia-tinged glamour, Georgia and Abigail agreed.

## Musical inspiration

They cast their net of inspiration across artists and genres, from Kate Bush and David Bowie, glam rock and new wave, to unexpected moments of twelve bar blues, classical overture and heavy synth breakdowns.

## External links

* Instagram
* Twitter
* Facebook
* TikTok
* Spotify
* Amazon
* YouTube

## References

1. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/features/meet-the-last-dinner-party-who-might-just-be-your-favourite-new-band-28599/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/the\_last\_dinner\_party\_on\_comparisons\_hype\_debut\_single\_nothing\_matters
3. ↑ https://readdork.com/features/the-last-dinner-party-hype-cover-april-2023/
4. ↑ https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-last-dinner-party-shares-smashing-debut-single-nothing-matters-radar-3433299
5. ↑ https://readdork.com/features/the-last-dinner-party-hype-cover-april-2023/
6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cn44k9cKGrr/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
7. ↑ https://twitter.com/lastdinnerparty/status/1619015240515219456?s=46&t=TGML588DkXBbqj7ms0CMpQ
8. ↑ https://qprime.com/artist/the-last-dinner-party/