Unsurprisingly phenomenal as ever – the latest track from The Last Dinner Party is an early contender for song of the year. It should be no surprise to those who have been along for the ride since Nothing Matters. Essential and unique pieces to follow in the form of Sinner and My Lady of Mercy are treats for the ears. Their stage presence is a booming collection of wonderfully adapted theatrics and a stern individuality which the band brings to Caesar on a TV Screen, their latest single ahead of a whirlwind period before the release of debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy. These are indeed the precursors to greatness and The Last Dinner Party, for the fifth time now, blow the roof off.
Another assured piece from the five-piece, this one slower and swirling to a slow-build beat. Truly unique stuff brings the best out of The Last Dinner Party once more – a collective who can do no wrong with their shimmering style. This sense of seeing themselves as the emperors of history, the containment in the cultural shaping’s of centuries ago booming through their music once more. Another fine series of guitar spectacles and a desire to see the self as more than just a person. Self-worth is right at the heart of this one, a championing of the ideas buried in the brain and never quite finding themselves in the open. Caesar on a TV Screen is a showcase of self-belief and a righteousness matched only by the mad leaders of the fallen empire. It suits The Last Dinner Party spectacularly well.
Paired with the likes of Nothing Matters and My Lady of Mercy, this latest single from the five-piece feels more like a whirring cog than an independent beast. It rises and falls as swiftly and assuredly as the Roman Empire itself and the hard work put into making this instrumental shift feel natural does not go unnoticed. Thumping, tense and confident openings bleed into a brash and exciting burst of energy from the percussion and rhythm, which does well to keep form and move back and forth between a whirr of lyrical painting and guitar-led fun. It is this back-and-forth which keeps things fresh for The Last Dinner Party on yet another exceptional single. Those listening in since the debut single should not be surprised by the quality at this point – yet it is striking how normal it all feels.
This is not a band with decades of experience, working away at whittling out the best mood and moments they can manage but a five-piece whose work together is just beginning. Caesar on a TV Screen is not a scratch on their first three singles yet considering the triple bill of lightning-in-a-bottle moments found on those pieces, a still-confident and brilliantly assured track should be no surprise. The Last Dinner Party are of an elevated quality and prove just that with their continuation of near-perfect pieces of music. Caesar on a TV Screen has some wonderful hooks and bridges within which linger on as Abigail Morris sounds as moved and invested in specific pockets of the past as Hayley Dahl was with the tonally refined and exceptional Madison release from a few years back. The pair are of the same magnificent form – their gift for lyrical assertions is striking and rediscovered once again for Morris in Caesar on a TV Screen.
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