Lizzie Mayland of The Last Dinner Party has confirmed they will release their first solo project shortly.
The first single of the untitled project will release on Thursday (April 17). A post from Mayland to their Instagram confirmed the impending release, with a snippet of the song shared by the songwriter and guitarist. Their post reads: “I’m so so happy to share that I’m releasing the first ever single from my first ever solo project this Thursday!!! I can’t wait for you all to hear it !! I will tell all the details very soon…” A link to a mailing list for Mayland’s upcoming releases has also been launched and can be found here.
Fans of the artist were thrilled by the tease of new material. One comment reads: “Oh this is so big for me.” Lead guitarist of The Last Dinner Party, Emily Roberts, added: “Yeaaaaaaa.” Confirmation of new material from Mayland comes after they made a post confirming a mailing list for their solo work was now live.
The post reads: “I have a mailing list now if you want to sign up….to get….updates…… (sign up link is in my bio x).” One comment reads: “So incredibly excited for whatever is about to happen.” Another user added: “I don’t know what’s happening but I’m seated!”
A further update from Mayland has confirmed the song will debut at 11:20am on Lauren Laverne’s BBC Radio 6 show.
It’s safe to say fans of Mayland are excited to hear from The Last Dinner Party guitarist, whose work with the band can be heard on stellar songs like Sinner, Nothing Matters, and Mirror. Mayland also played flute on Caesar on a TV Screen and Beautiful Boy.
An announcement of solo material from Mayland comes just a year after the release of The Last Dinner Party’s astonishing debut album. A post from the band on Instagram reads: “Our baby Prelude to Ecstasy is one year old today!!!
“From our first gig at The George Tavern to recording in Crouch Hill in January 2023. It’s been an incredible year for us, and we couldn’t have achieved all this without your support.”
Cult Following listed The Last Dinner Party’s Prelude to Ecstasy as the second-best album of 2024. In a glowing review of the five-piece’s debut effort, Prelude to Ecstasy was hailed for having “each [band member] providing a performance stuffed full of innovative desire, finding spots to engage this truly elevated material.”
