‘This next song is about feminine rage,” announces Abigail Morris on the first night of her band the Last Dinner Party’s UK tour. She begins a falsetto verse, accompanied by the band’s guitarists – Georgia Davies on bass, Lizzie Mayland on rhythm, Emily Roberts on lead – and keyboardist Aurora Nishevci, to delighted shrieks. Yet, post show, fans will be unable to stream the song Feminine Urge. The Last Dinner Party are touring on only three released songs – one of which, My Lady of Mercy, dropped a few hours before the band walk on stage in Glasgow.
Despite a slim discography, the venue is packed. The quintet’s first single, the catchy baroque-pop of Nothing Matters, was released by a major label in April into instant hype, with “industry plant” discourse doing nothing to stop a snowballing fanbase.
