The Last Dinner Party’s L.Mayland announces ‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’ debut solo EP with tender single ‘Lighthouse’

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The Last Dinner Party‘s L.Mayland has announced their debut solo EP ‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’ – listen to new single ‘Lighthouse’ below.

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The musician – aka Lizzie Mayland – revealed earlier this week that they’d be sharing “the first-ever single from [their] first-ever solo project” today (Thursday April 17).

“I can’t wait for you all to hear it!!” Mayland wrote alongside a dreamy snippet of music. “I will tell all the details very soon…”

Now, the guitarist and singer has confirmed that they’ll be releasing their five-track debut EP ‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’ on Friday May 9 (pre-order/pre-save here). To preview the forthcoming collection, Mayland has dropped their first solo song.

“‘Lighthouse’ is about being in a healthy romantic relationship for the first time in my life and the fear of losing that,” they explained.

The tender song arrives with some suitably ethereal visuals by frequent TLDP collaborator Cal McIntyre.

“I storyboarded an idea for the video, then I heard Cal wanted to direct it and I was so pleased,” Mayland added. “He captured the elements which were the most important to me before lending his own aesthetic talents.”

They began working on what would become ‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’ “during the liminal space between tours” with The Last Dinner Party – “neither on the road nor spiritually reacclimatised to their day-to-day existence back home”.

Mayland went on: “These tracks definitely grew from those periods. Suddenly finding myself in my quiet flat and filling that silence with my guitar and these sad songs. It was a way to process what was happening in my life, to come back to myself.”

The new EP is set to showcase a more intimate side of the musician – who has cited the likes of Nick Drake, Brian Eno, Eva Cassidy and Adrianne Lenker as influences. They were also inspired by seminal film soundtracks such as Alex Turner’s Submarine EP and Oliver Coates’ Aftersun compositions.

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For the title track and EP closer, Mayland looked at the “hopelessness regarding the world’s ongoing environmental crisis”. They said: “It was important to me that the end of the song didn’t feature my voice at all.

“I wanted an apocalyptic feeling, like a texture, that Will and Immy [producers Will Lister and Imogen Williams] captured perfectly.”

The rest of the EP sees Mayland explore their relationship with gender (‘Mother Mother’), reflect on moving from the country to the city (‘Homeward’) and maintaining their first healthy relationship while out on tour (‘Lighthouse’ and ‘From The Other Side Of The World I’d Hear You’).

“‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’ marks a collection of tracks which sees their narrator exploring the spectrums of vulnerability, loneliness and introspection with a beguiling honesty,” a press release notes.

L.Mayland is set to showcase the EP with two intimate live shows in London and Manchester next month. Sign up for ticket information here, and see the list of dates below.