The Last Dinner Party

[BRen]

I mean, we have Abba and Sparks already.

[sweeper]

To be fair to these young people and J. Whiley, I gave the album a listen, and I found it not that bad. The best tunes have already been singles, and everything else muddles along without raising any hairs, but you can hear in it a lurking creative impulse that perhaps hasn't had time to fully flower, or been allowed out of the indie rock straitjacket it doesn't need to be in.

If we lived in a time where creativity and risk-taking were prized in pop music, beyond and above social media and the Festival Moment, you'd probably think this was a 'promising' debut, something to keep an eye on to see where they went next. But there's no reason to expect anything will happen, apart from a Festival Moment and the obligitory Mercury win.

I like the songs 'Sinner' and 'Caesar on a TV Screen'.

[sevendaughters]

Britain's answer to Boygenius?

Boygenius are for late 20s job/life malaise/unsure about pronouns, LDP are pure undergraduate.

[sevendaughters]

from some cursory research one of them or more went to a state grammar in Yorkshire with two of the Orielles

[Brundle-Fly]

I'm not sure if they're a band I'll fall head over heels for, but I certainly liked what I heard a good deal.

They should use that in their next press release.

[dontpaintyourteeth]

Britain's answer to Boygenius?

Can these isles really have found three people that annoying

[sevendaughters]

Emily, the guitarist went to school 'in Cheshire' and prior to joining the LDP had an eponymous jazz sextet and gave lessons in London. her website has been deleted but exists in the web archive.

she can play the guitar pretty well!

[mrpupkin]

EDIT: deleted

[dontpaintyourteeth]

How many of their parents have their own wikipedia pages

[sweeper]

Floating Points went to Chetham's, and he makes some of the best music around. Just adding as a counterpoint.

(Edit: Bet they teach counterpoint at Chetham's!!)

[Butchers Blind]

This came up on my recommendations in Spotify and I'm not sure why as this area of music is not something I listen to that often, if at all. There does seem to be a concerted push within various sections of the music biz to make this band happen. Odd.

[dr beat]

We're out of January I know, but I reckon this is the still that dread time of year for acts to go the way of Gay Dad and Terris.

[idunnosomename]

Put off them now after reading this thread, in particular that fan wiki. Imagine having your dream dinner party guest be Princess Diana.

indeed, imagine the smell

[The Mollusk]

Floating Points went to Chetham's, and he makes some of the best music around. Just adding as a counterpoint.

(Edit: Bet they teach counterpoint at Chetham's!!)

In fairness I am only opposed to rich kids making music when it's wet shite cynically shoved down my neck by marketing pricks.

[Stoneage Dinosaurs]

Listened to a few of these on my lunch break, quite like them tbh especially the Caesar one. More interesting songwriting than a lot of current hyped indie bands and some tasty guitar work too. Guess I'm off to become a buy to let landlord now

[sweeper]

In fairness I am only opposed to rich kids making music when it's wet shite cynically shoved down my neck by marketing pricks.

I'm opposed to rich kids making music when it's only the rich kids who are allowed to do it, and there's no culture of music criticism calling the whole system out.

[The Mollusk]

Well that's where we differ I'm afraid mate because I absolutely LOVE that!!

[sweeper]

Well that's where we differ I'm afraid mate because I absolutely LOVE that!!

Is this banter? Am I involved in some banter now? Am I supposed to respond? Should I say something homophobic?

Not sure on next steps, let me know please.

[The Mollusk]

I was just being a silly billy but I guess banter is in the eye of the beholder. You can say something homophobic if you want though, I'm not gay so I won't take offence!

[JesusAndYourBush]

Another 'sponsored' facebook video came up. 24 seconds long, not enough to give much of an idea of what they're about. Comments were either overly fawning or quite scathing.

[Icehaven]

Never heard of them or anything by them, but before I give them a listen can anyone confirm where they are on the Florence and the Machine-ometer, 1 being nothing like them, 10 being I'd be better off pouring cement into my ears?

[JesusAndYourBush]

They just announced a tour via the latest 'sponsored' facebook ad.

[Egyptian Feast]

[boki]

I dunno, one of them has clearly been forced to cut her own hair, maybe CozzyLivs has bitten after all.

[Pink Gregory]

liberal boarding school?

[fuzzyste]

I dont normaly have a huge problem with rich people who make music when its good and they are clearly talented (yes you can argue they had the time to practise and not work etc blah blah blah) but when they say stuff like this its pretty indefensible.

Its pretty safe to assume every new UK band/actor is from a fairly well off background these days?

[Fambo Number Mive]

There's barely any politics in music anymore. When was the last time a song was released about the cost of living crisis? Loads of political songs in the 80s, all I cn think of recently is the Kunt and the Gang songs.

[Asclepius]

There's barely any politics in music anymore. When was the last time a song was released about the cost of living crisis? Loads of political songs in the 80s, all I cn think of recently is the Kunt and the Gang songs.

Some of the Yard Act stuff gets a bit political. I suppose that's who they're referring to with that line. Panic Shack also 'do' cozzy liv refs (see Meal Deal, for example). But it feels most like a dig at Yard Act. Idles maybe, too?

[frajer]

It's difficult to get past them being exactly the Tory toff band 'Cayman' from This Time with Alan Partridge.

[Pink Gregory]

post-punk is not one word you gold plated embryo