The Last Dinner Party unveil new album preview, "Second Best"
London five-piece The Last Dinner Party have released ""Second Best" as the latest offering from their forthcoming second album, From The Pyre.
Written by TLDP guitarist Emily Roberts and informed by the angular pop riffs of Sparks, "Second Best" is about 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,” Emily says of the track. “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.”
From The Pyre follows the band's Mercury Prize-shortlisted 2023 debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, and Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers.
From The Pyre will be released on 17 October via Island Records, and is available to pre-order now.
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