The Last Dinner Party tell us about their “steampunk” next album and plans for Reading & Leeds

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The Last Dinner Party caught up with NME at Lollapalooza to tell us about their Mercury Prize nomination, progress on their next album and plans for Reading & Leeds 2024The band’s Aurora Nishevci and Lizzie Mayland spoke to us ahead of their performance on the Tito’s stage at the annual Chicagoan music bash, just a week after their debut album ‘Prelude To Ecstacy‘ was announced as one of the 12 LPs up for this year’s Mercury.In a four-star review of the critically-acclaimed album, NME shared: “Some may choose to posit the band’s success as an antidote to the intense scrutiny – about their rise, appearance and decision to make music without a ‘serious’ intention – they’ve received in their early career.

But take all of that away, and you’re still left with fantastic songs that are easy to embrace and return to. It’s hard to miss all the things they’re doing right.”“We’re very humbled to be nominated for the Mercury Prize,” Nishevci told NME. “We did not expect it at all.

It’s a stellar line-up, got a bit of [Charli XCX‘s] ‘Brat‘ in there, English Teacher; it’s phenomenal. It’s such a prestigious award.”After learning that the recipient of the award also wins a cash prize of £25,000, the two members told us about what they would do with the money. “Go on holiday.

Maybe reinvest in the music industry,” Mayland shared, with Nishevci adding: “Synths, some synths!”“Some charities is kind of what I was thinking but synths!