It’s not what you think!
Sometimes we fall in love with music in a moment of susceptibility and it’s less the music and more the momentary susceptibility that’s responsible.
But when I heard Nothing Matters by British band Last Dinner Party for the first time, I immediately felt that this was music that stood out from the mediocre sludge our ears are mostly exposed to these days.
Now, I admit that my potential bias was unveiled soon after, when I read that Last Dinner Party works with James Ford the go-to producer of my favorite band Arctic Monkeys.
And yet, there is something new here: Last Dinner Party to me sound like a baroque blend of Queen, Abba and Arctic Monkeys with a pinch of feminist lyrics that somehow manage to charm rather than alienate the listener.
Later I found out that I was far from the only one who had heard something special: Last Dinner Party’s star is already on the rise, having been voted BBC Sound of the Year 2024 amongst other honours.
A lot more to come.