- 2025-10-02
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MUSIC
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The Last Dinner Party Releases New Song “Second Best”
British indie rock band The Last Dinner Party, consisting of Georgia Davies (bass), Lizzie Mayland (guitar), Abigail Morris (vocals), Aurora Nishevci (keyboards) and Emily Roberts (guitar), released a new song “Second Best” on October 1, 2025.
The band guitarist Emily Roberts wrote the song, which explores the feeling of being infatuated with someone who betrays you time and time again. Produced by Markus Dravs.
The song is the third single off of their upcoming sophomore album “From The Pyre”, following “The Scythe” and “This is the Killer Speaking”
The album is set to be released on October 17, 2025 via Island Records.
Emily Roberts said of the song, “Second Best is the push and pull of being obsessed with someone but knowing that they will ultimately betray you again, and allowing it to happen because you still love them. I wish I could go back and say to myself that I am worth more than that, and that no one needs to accept being second best. I hope that the song captures the pain, anger and despair I felt but most importantly the defiance and satisfaction I now have in being able to immortalise this person in a song and to look back on the situation with more maturity.”- She continued, “In the early stages of writing, I took the song to Lizzie and Abi who added their own stamp and lyrics. Sparks and Wet Leg inspired the angular guitar lines, while Aurora added a dancing keys part and Georgia a formidable bassline which brought the song to life.”
The new album comprises 10 tracks, produced by Markus Dravs. It is their fist album in over a year since the debut album “Prelude to Ecstasy”.
The band said of the album, “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.” -
They continued, “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.”
They added, “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.”
Photo by Rachell Smith - source : Apple Music
