The winner of BBC’s Sound of 2024 is UK rock band The Last Dinner Party, who the BBC points out is the first guitar band to win since Haim in 2013. If you’re unfamiliar, here’s how BBC Music Correspondent Mark Savage describes the quintet:
Dressed like Victorian-era punk rockers, and armed with ragged, theatrical rock anthems, The Last Dinner Party have quickly become one of the UK’s most talked-about new bands.
The quintet met during fresher’s week in London three years ago and, before long, they’d shunned university for a nightly diet of live music and cheap beer.
Inspired by London’s underground music scene, they’d just started writing together when the pandemic forced them apart.
The pause gave them time to develop their sound, drawing on 70s art-rock albums by Sparks and Roxy Music, while channelling the fiery femininity of Siouxsie Sioux and Florence Welch.
And Florence Welch herself is a fan. She told the BBC, “I think the nuances of femininity almost always get lost in rock, but when I saw The Last Dinner Party playing in their dresses and their chiffon, while being so fierce and ferocious, I was like, ‘This is it!”
The Sound Of top 5 is rounded out by Olivia Dean, Peggy Gou, Tyla, and Elmiene.
The Last Dinner Party’s debut album Prelude To Ecstasy arrives February 2 via Island Records, and latest single “Caesar On A TV Screen” just came out. Check that out, along with the video for their hit “Nothing Matters,” below.
The Last Dinner Party — 2024 Tour Dates
30th January – The Fleece, Bristol *re-arranged date* SOLD OUT
1st February – The Roundhouse, London SOLD OUT
In-Store/Out Store Dates:
2nd February – Pyyzm, Kington (in association with Banquet Records)
3rd February – Rough Trade East, London (afternoon show)
3rd February – Rough Trade East, London (evening show)
5th February – Resident Records, Brighton
6th February – HMV, Manchester
7th February – HMV Vault, Birmingham
8th February – Rough Trade, Bristol
11th February – Brudenell Social Club, Bristol (in association with Crash Records)
European Tour:
16th February – Gretchen, Berlin
17th February – LUXOR, Cologne
19th February – Melkweg OZ, Amsterdam
20th February – La Maroquinerie, Paris
21st February – La Botanique, Brussels
23rd February – Mascotte Club, Zürich
25th February – Santeria Toscana 31, Milan
26th February – Grelle Forelle, Vienna
29th May – 2nd June – Primavera Sound, Barcelona
6th June – 8th June – Primavera Sound, Porto
22nd June – Hurricane Festival, ScheeBel
23rd June – Southside Festival, Neuhausen ob Eck
5th July – 7th July – Down The Rabbit Hole, Ewijk
6th July – Rock Werchter, Rotselaar