Calliope Music Rapid Reviews
The Last Dinner Party - Prelude to Ecstasy
Explosive Femininity Dazzles in Sensationalist Spirit
Grand showings of punchy kicks, elevated guitar, filling piano, and timely strings outline incendiary Glam Rock. Luxuriant instrumentals ebb from measured Chamber ballads to vigorous elations of snappy climax as lead singer, Abigail Morris adds an assertive sensitivity through a truly commanding vocal performance. Such high fashioned instrumentation and genuinely catchy progressions make for a simple, yet gratifying baroqueness.
Occasionally, this simplicity thwarts more contemporary and interesting concepts from taking the spotlight. This results in a safer, but less brave sound that the otherwise confident record suggests. However, an elegance in lucidity pervades as Morris' vocal drama emits an extravagant light on the female experience. Whether it's through the delicacy of grief, envying the male experience, or true vulnerability, The Last Dinner Party flourishes in their unabashed femininity.
Although the 41 minute album isn't presenting an all new sound or sonic outlook, its attitude is nonetheless infectious. Exampled most notoriously by the band's debut single and the album's penultimate track, 'Nothing Matters,' the project has a knack for catching fire with its radiating grandeur and melodramatic exuberance.
Best Tracks: Burn Alive -- The Feminine Urge -- On Your Side -- Sinner -- Portrait of a Dead Girl -- Nothing Matters -- Mirror
7/10
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