By LoffMusic Editorial Staff – July 18, 2025
The Last Dinner Party, the London quintet that broke through in 2024 with Prelude to Ecstasy, has just announced the release of their second album, From The Pyre, due out October 17th via Island Records. Along with the announcement, they present the first preview of the album: “This Is The Killer Speaking”.
🖤 Shadows that burn
Produced by Markus Dravs (regular collaborator of Florence + The Machine, Wolf Alice or Björk)From The Pyre proposes a darker, more visceral and raw atmosphere than its predecessor. The band describes it as a mythological album: a place of destruction… but also of rebirth, passion and light.
The songs are nourished by powerful images: guns, mowers, ghosts, broken hearts and apocalypse. An extreme emotional treatment that turns anger or betrayal into dramatic ritual.
🌵 “This Is The Killer Speaking”: a disturbing first step.
The single combines western atmosphere and glam-rock theatricality. Spoken entrances, melodic explosions, dark rumbling chords and dramatic changes mark the song’s pulse Fans on networks highlight its live strength and its ability to catch immediately:
“This kind of screams a dark horse contender for song of the year.”
Critics endorse it: in CultFollowing they give it 5/5, praising its balance between theatricality and sound evolution, keeping the pulse of the debut but betting on more somber colors.
🌱 A theatrical evolution.
This first preview maintains the theatricality that characterized their debut – applauded at Hammersmith Apollo and recognized with awards such as BBC Sound of 2024 and Brit Rising Star – but explores rawer tones and more complex narratives.
Vocally, Abigail Morris shines again, while the arrangements become denser, with strings and dark glam highlighting the twists and turns of emotional tension.
🔜 Next steps
From The Pyre features 10 songs, including “Rifle”, “Woman Is A Tree”, “Inferno” and, of course, the powerful “This Is The Killer Speaking”.
The album opens a new chapter in the group’s narrative: a step towards the wild, the primitive, the almost ritualistic. A second act that does not conform.
With From The Pyre, The Last Dinner Party steps on a firmer footing. Their muddy theatricality, darker and full of nuances, promises an intense journey from ashes to new flames.
