After announcing Dublin dates as part of their time in Ireland supporting Hozier, The Last Dinner Party have released their excellent third single.
‘My Lady of Mercy’ is the band’s third single, and cements the band’s guitar pop sound informed by the histrionics of ABBA and classic pop music.
That’s three for three – after the equally excellent singles ‘Sinner’ and ‘Nothing Matters’ previously.
‘My Lady of Mercy’ is great, in that has a slightly ridiculous quality, with production from James Ford.
Watch the artful black and white video:
“’My Lady of Mercy’ is about being a girl. A girl looking up at a painting of Joan of Arc for the first time and thinking that she looks so brave and so beautiful that she wants to kiss her. And maybe she also wants to kiss the girl who stands next to her in the school choir.
We are expanding the world of The Last Dinner Party to encompass a darker, heavier atmosphere. The lyrics explore the anguish of a teenage crush that can only be described through the bloody, carnal language of religious experience, as the soundworld takes cues from Nine Inch Nails, PJ Harvey and Roxy Music.”
Previous singles:
The Last Dinner Party – ‘My Lady of Mercy’ Lyrics
Take me back to your swimming pool
You lovely little –
Foolish thinking I could have you
Naked in a trench coat
I wanna see you on Sunday
I wanna hear them sing
Teach me how to do as you do
Guide me show me how
And let me be your arrow
Baby make me bow
I wanna see you on Sunday
I wanna hear them sing
Oh rest your feet on me
My lady of mercy
Strike me
Pierce me
Straight through the heart
I want to take your picture
Picture me in bed
Under your crucifix
Under your long black hair
I wanna see you on Sunday
I wanna make them sing
Oh rest your feet on me
My lady of mercy
Strike me
Pierce me
Straight through the heart
Oh rest your feet on me
My lady of mercy
Strike me
Pierce me
Straight through the heart
About The Last Dinner Party
Conceived during a wine-stained evening in Brixton, the name embodies a musical and aesthetic ethos of decadence, mystery, spectacle and charm. Finding artistry in the intersection between the beautiful, sublime and grotesque, the band are guided by their favourite Romantic poets and Gothic novelists.
The preceding years of isolation and anxiety have only served to heighten The Last Dinner Party’s creative appeal as they usher in a new era of unashamed maximalism and untethered euphoria. 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.
Singer Abigaille, guitarists Emily and Lizzie, keyboardist Aurora and bassist Georgia weave a fantasy of haunting melodies, explosive choruses, and lyrics that embrace tragedy and triumph in equal measure. At their shows, the band lead audiences through the soaring crescendos and pin-drop silences of the most debaucherous dinner parties, gathering a dedicated and growing company of attendees with every performance.
The band is currently based in London, writing, recording, and preparing for their next spectacle.
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