The Last Dinner Party are excited to share ‘Second Best’, lifted from forthcoming album From The Pyre [out 17th October 2025 via Island Records].
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.”
Once Emily had created the bones of the track, Abi & Lizzie each added their own musical and lyrical stamps before Aurora & Georgia elevated ‘Second Best’ further with buoyant, dancing keys and a formidable bassline respectively.
Watch ‘Second Best’ Lyric Video Here
‘Second Best’ is our third preview of The Last Dinner Party’s forthcoming second album From The Pyre, following western-flecked earworm ‘This Is The Killer Speaking’ and the introspective slow burn of ‘The Scythe’.
The London five-piece headed into the studio early 2025 with Grammy Award winning producer Markus Dravs (Wolf Alice, Florence & The Machine, Bjork) to start work on the followup to their number 1 debut album, 2023’s Prelude to Ecstasy. From The Pyre is the sound of a band having a lot of fun rather than feeling any innate pressure to follow-up on what was an explosively successful debut record. It’s also the sound of a young band developing and maturing their songwriting together, as tight a unit as the endless months out on the road pay testament to.
Tickets for The Last Dinner Party’s tour are available here
UK Headline Tour:
14th November – 3Arena, Dublin
17th November – Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
18th November - Barrowland, Glasgow
20th November – O2 City Hall, Newcastle
21st November – Octagon, Sheffield
23rd November – Bridlington Spa, Bridlington
25th November – UEA, Norwich
26th November – Aviva Studios, Manchester
29th November – The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
30th November – The Prospect Building, Bristol - SOLD OUT
2nd December – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
4th December – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
5th December – Brighton Centre, Brighton
7th December – O2 Academy Brixton, London - SOLD OUT
8th December – O2 Academy Brixton, London