I was just fascinated by this. The lights. The band. The majesty of their performance. Something strange and borderline magical that happened in my perception at this show was, The Last Dinner Party are not very big or tall people. While hotly anticipated, most of us hadn’t actually ever seen them in person before (except that one person in the crowd who had seen Florence and the Machine 70 times last year and happened to see TLDP opening for them in Europe). So when the band came on stage, they almost appeared smaller than we’d thought. Shorter. And then, as the performance continued, they just seemed to get taller. Up and up, in both height and estimation. I’ve never experienced that in real life before, this band was simply excellent live.
This is a performance of their song Lady Of Mercy, a song singer Abigail Morris said comes from drawing comfort from imagery of women in catholic art, in connection with her own feelings for women as a lesbian. If there’s one song that really gets to dip into the decadent and opulent world that the band builds, it’s this one.
But guitarist Emily Roberts noodling up and down scales! The cool foot on the PA! Singer Abigail twirling around the stage! She came down to the barricade as well, a lovely and exciting moment. I wish I had a longer video of this, but know that I really, really enjoyed this performance!