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The heavyweight team behind The Last Dinner Party<\/a> have opened up on their goal to establish the group as “one of the most important bands of their generation\u201d.<\/p>\n TLDP, who cover the\u00a0November edition<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Music Week<\/em>, released their second album From The Pyre via\u00a0Island on Friday (October 17).<\/p>\n The BRIT Award-winning group’s\u00a0gold-selling first album<\/a>\u00a0Prelude To Ecstasy (123,066 sales)<\/span>\u00a0shot straight to the UK summit<\/a>\u00a0in February 2024. They are now targeting a second No.1 album<\/a>.<\/p>\n Island EMI Label Group president\u00a0Louis Bloom<\/a>\u00a0said that if The Last Dinner Party’s\u00a0first record was about “introduction and impact”, the follow-up is\u00a0about “expansion and depth\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to make their world even more immersive, with bigger live moments, more daring visuals and a campaign that invites people into their universe,\u201d he said. \u201cFor existing fans, it\u2019s about rewarding that loyalty with evolution, not repetition. For new fans, it\u2019s about showing that this band aren\u2019t just a moment, but have an incredible career ahead of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Bloom contended that From The Pyre \u201cis more mature, and, in places, darker; there\u2019s a depth and an intensity that shows just how much they\u2019ve grown\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThe ambition is to take that and translate it into an even bigger cultural moment,\u201d he added. \u201cThat means continued live growth in the UK and Europe, breaking through further in America and solidifying their place as one of the most important bands of their generation.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Having signed TLDP before they had released any music, Bloom said the label was “amazed with how fully formed they were from the get-go”.<\/p>\n \u201cI knew they had something special, but watching them go from those early gigs to becoming one of the most talked about new bands globally has been extraordinary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Peter Mensch<\/a>, co-founder of Q Prime Management, was equally convinced the band were the real deal from the start.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen I first saw them play it was clear to me that Abigail Morris is a major superstar,\u201d said Mensch.\u00a0\u201cIn a nutshell, I looked at them and said, \u2018Holy shit!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Nevertheless, the band have still put in the hard yards on the touring circuit.<\/p>\n \u201cThey played every pub toilet in England, Wales and Scotland when they started off,\u201d said Mensch. \u201cThat\u2019s how you develop, you become a better live band, your material gets honed\u2026 For a rock band, you are trying to make the best 10-song album, the best 40 minutes of music and your hope is that you just keep pounding away.\u201d<\/p>\n
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