On Saturday the 12th of October, The Last Dinner Party came to Liverpool Uni for one of the final shows of their UK tour, joined by supporting acts Kaeto and Lucia & The Best Boys.
The tour was for promotion of their debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy, which came out in February this year.
With the band's notoriety for grand theatrics, it was only fitting to bring on two supports of similar energy.
Kaeto proved to be an effective tone setter, with her killer vocals and free-spirited style of music that created just the right balance of grace and edge.
Following her, Lucia & The Best Boys brought some lovely indie-rock to the stage.
Lead singer Lucia Fairfull created a fitting visual element to the band's set through her dramatic hand gestures and poses, adding to the thrill of their performances.
After the two very solid supports, The Last Dinner Party entered the stage, dressed fabulously in extravagant dresses decorated maximally with details such as flowing ribbons, or in keyboardist Aurora Nishevci's case, a distinct pair of striped shorts.
Their setlist included every song from Prelude to Ecstasy, interspersed with a selection of covers, as well as a helping of tracks yet to be officially released.
The highlights were most definitely the performances of songs from Prelude to Ecstasy, most notably fiery cuts such as Burn Alive, and the intensely catchy rendition of Feminine Urge.
Visually, the show was certainly a treat, with the mysterious backdrop, dramatic lighting, and of course lead singer Abigail Morris' amazing theatrics on stage, with stunts such as repeatedly falling onto the floor and rising gracefully.
The rest of the band shined with their amazing versatility, all being multi-instrumentalists in their own right.
They also frequently joined forces for some truly stunning vocal harmonies that sold a great deal of the slower cuts in the set.
Of the unreleased songs, the one that easily stood out the most was Big Dog, a song that brought a completely unexpected hard-rock edge to it that added a great deal of power to the core song.
The riffs went hard, and Abigail's vocal performance was especially intense and thrilling for this song.
Perhaps the only lull in the setlist was The Killer, the weakest of the unreleased songs, which in my opinion did not play to the strengths of the band, with a vague country air to it that proved an awkward fit for the band.
Despite that however, The Last Dinner Party brought an overall great show, with all of the theatre and talent you could want out of a band of their style.
This is a band I would surely recommend seeing live.
