The Last Dinner Party have shared a second single previewing their much-anticipated second album, From The Pyre.
The emergence of The Scythe follows on from the July release of the record's lead single This Is The Killer Speaking.
“This song began nine years ago, like a prophecy," says vocalist Abigail Morris. "I wrote it before I had known anything of grief or heartbreak, how a relationship ending feels exactly the same as that person dying,
"Once you know how it feels to lose someone, you enter a new realm from which you can never return. You’re trying to reach them telepathically through psychics or song lyrics (sometimes those two become the same), and sometimes they give you a reply.
"It can take nine years to realise you’re even grieving at all but once you do, you see them everywhere – in a robin, in a street fox, in a Wim Wenders film. The Scythe comes for everyone, and you shouldn’t be afraid about what’s on the other side."
Speaking about the song's emotional video, the group say, "From one angle it’s a celebration of all the relationships that make it so far, you both feel like you can live forever. From another, it’s the fantasy of imagining what it would look like if your parents had been able to grow old together."
