London-based alternative rock group The Last Dinner Party have announced their highly anticipated debut album Prelude to Ecstasy, set to be released on February 2 via Island Records. The album was produced by James Ford in London, and will feature the band’s already-celebrated singles “Nothing Matters,” “Sinner,” and “My Lady of Mercy,” as well as the aforementioned new track “On Your Side.”
Speaking of the track, the band explained: “‘On Your Side’ is a love song with its hands tied. It’s about being so devoted to someone that no matter what they do, no matter how much it hurts, how much you know you should leave, you can’t escape.”
As for the instrumental side of the track, the group added: “The outro came from a wonderful improvised moment in the studio; James Ford had this synthesizer that warped and delayed and played with the fabric of whatever you put into it. So Aurora and Abigail sat in the studio after lunch and improvised some piano and vocal lines, letting the sounds build on top of each other until that final gasp. It turned into this wrenching shimmering section that sounds like the end of a poisonous relationship; dissolving, fragmenting, painful but also ultimately freeing.”
Check out the visual for the track below, and pre-order Prelude to Ecstasy here.
