The Last Dinner Party Share New Single ‘Second Best’

The UK act are also touring Australia in January 2026.

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UK indie stars The Last Dinner Party have released new track ‘Second Best’, the third single taken from their upcoming sophomore album, From The Pyre.

The album, which includes the previously released singles ‘This Is The Killer Speaking’ and ‘The Scythe’, arrives on Friday 17 October via Island EMI (pre-order here).

“Second Best’ was written by guitarist Emily Roberts, with the lyrics focusing on the feelings of hurt and betrayal that arise when you’re in love with someone who continually lets you down.

“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,” Roberts says of the song. “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.”

The Last Dinner Party are also touring Australia and New Zealand in 2026 in support of From The Pyre. The tour begins in Australia at Red Hill Auditorium in Perth/Boorloo on Saturday 10 January and continues with concerts at AEC Theatre in Adelaide/Tarntanya Wama (Tuesday 13 January), Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne/Naarm (Thursday 15 January), ICC Sydney Theatre in Sydney/Warrane (Saturday 17 January) and Riverstage in Brisbane/Meeanjin (Monday 19 January), with the final concert taking place at Spark Arena in Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau on Thursday 22 January.

Tickets are on sale now via secretsounds.com.

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From The Pyre was recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Markus Dravs (Wolf Alice, Florence & The Machine, Björk) and follows the band’s UK #1 album Prelude to Ecstasy.

Speaking about the LP, the band said, “This record is a collection of stories, and the concept of album-as-mythos binds them. ‘The Pyre’ itself is an allegorical place in which these tales originate, a place of violence and destruction but also regeneration, passion and light.

“The songs are character driven but still deeply personal, a commonplace life event pushed to pathological extreme. Being ghosted becomes a Western dance with a killer, and heartbreak laughs into the face of the apocalypse. Lyrics invoke rifles, scythes, sailors, saints, cowboys, floods, Mother Earth, Joan of Arc, and blazing infernos. We found this kind of evocative imagery to be the most honest and truthful way to discuss the way our experiences felt, giving each the emotional weight it deserves.

“This record feels a little darker, more raw and more earthy; it takes place looking out at a sublime landscape rather than seated an opulent table. It also feels metatextual and cheeky in places, like a knowing look reflected back at ourselves.”

Catch The Last Dinner Party at AEC Theatre on Tuesday 13 January. Tickets on sale via secretsounds.com. From The Pyre arrives on 17 October via Island EMI (pre-order here).

THE LAST DINNER PARTY
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND 2026

Saturday 10 January - Red Hill Auditorium, Perth/Boorloo

Tuesday 13 January - AEC Theatre, Adelaide/Tarntanya Wama

Thursday 15 January - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne/Naarm

Saturday 17 January - ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney/Warrane

Monday 19 January - Riverstage, Brisbane/Meeanjin

Thursday 22 January - Spark Arena, Auckland/Tāmaki Makaurau

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