The Last Dinner Party announce new ‘Acoustics and Covers’ version of debut album

The Last Dinner Party have announced an expanded edition of debut album Prelude to Ecstasy, previewed with a new Sparks cover.

The band’s debut album came out in February, hitting Number One in the UK albums chart with the biggest opening week sales (32,800) for a Number One debut album by a band in nine years, beaten last in 2015 by Years & Years‘ Communion. It is also nominated for the 2024 Mercury Prize.

In a five-star review of Prelude to Ecstasy, Rolling Stone UK said: “These winners of Rolling Stone UK’s first ever Rising Star Award have created a record that doesn’t so much deliver on the hype as it smashes through the notion entirely. Come December, you’d be a fool to bet against this becoming a defining album of the year.”

Now, a new expanded edition of the album, titled Acoustics and Covers, will be released on October 11, with a second disc featuring live and stripped-back versions of songs from the album, as well as four covers.

See the full tracklist and watch the video for the band’s cover of Sparks’ ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us’ below.

The band will also screen a special film about their debut album at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on September 12. Fans can apply for tickets by joining the band’s mailing list here.

LP 1:

Side A
1. ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’
2. ‘Burn Alive’
3. ‘Caesar On A TV Screen’
4. ‘The Feminine Urge’
5. ‘On Your Side’
6. ‘Beautiful Boy’

Side B
7. ‘Gjuha’
8. ‘Sinner’
9. ‘My Lady of Mercy’
10. ‘Portrait of A Dead Girl’
11. ‘Nothing Matters’
12. ‘Mirror’

LP 2:

Side C
1. ‘Caesar On A TV Screen’ (Acoustic)
2. ‘Sinner’ (Acoustic)
3. ‘My Lady of Mercy’ (Acoustic)
4. ‘Nothing Matters’ (Live)
5. ‘Mirror’ (Live)

Side D
6. ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us’ (Cover)
7. ‘Up North’ (Cover)
8. ‘Wicked Game’ (Cover)
9. ‘Army Dreamers’ (Cover)

Next month, The Last Dinner Party will head out on their biggest UK and Ireland headline tour to date.

After tickets went on sale this week, new dates have been added in London, Belfast and Dublin. See the full updated list of shows below.

SEPTEMBER 2024
18 – Belfast, The Telegraph Building
20 – Glasgow, O2 Academy
21 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
23 – Newcastle, O2 City Hall
24 – Leeds, O2 Academy
25 – Sheffield, Octagon Centre
27 – Norwich, UEA
28 – Lincoln, Engine Shed
29 – Cardiff, Tramshed

OCTOBER 2024
1 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
2 – Nottingham, Rock City
4 – Bristol, O2 Academy
5 – Southampton, O2 Guildhall
7 – Dublin, 3Olympia
8 – Dublin, 3Olympia
10 – Glasgow, O2 Academy
11 – Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
12 – Liverpool, Mountford Hall
14 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
16 – London, Eventim Apollo
17 – London, Eventim Apollo
19 – London, Eventim Apollo