Abigail Morris | |
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 Morris in 2024 | |
| Born | Abigail Mary Eliza Kemp Morris 19 October 1999 |
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| Years active | 2020–present |
| Known for | Lead singer of The Last Dinner Party |
| Website | thelastdinnerparty |
Abigail Morris (born 19 October 1999) is a British musician who is the lead singer for The Last Dinner Party, a British indie rock band formed in 2020.
Abigail Morris was born on 19 October 1999, in London, England. Morris grew up in London and attended the boarding school, Bedales School, in Hampshire. She then went on to study English at King's College London in 2019. [1] From a young age, she knew that she wanted to be a musician, and began writing music from the age of thirteen. [2]
In 2018, Morris began releasing music on the streaming service, SoundCloud under the name, "Amorina". [3] [4] Her streams also included an early demo of the future Prelude to Ecstasy track titled "Mirror".
In 2019, during Freshers' Week at King's College London, Morris met fellow students Lizzie Mayland and Georgia Davies. Together, they decided to start a band. Subsequently, after being introduced to Emily Roberts and Aurora Nishevci, this led to the formation of indie rock band, The Last Dinner Party. [5] After a series of pub performances, the band performed their first gig at the George Tavern in London in November 2021, with Morris as the lead vocalist. [6] Morris has cited Florence + the Machine, David Bowie, Queen, as some of their inspirations. [6]
In addition to being a songwriter and lead vocalist for The Last Dinner Party, Morris' other credits include providing backing vocals for the British art punk band, HMLTD's second album, The Worm . [4] She features on BC Camplight's 2025 single "Two Legged Dog" from his seventh album, A Sober Conversation. [7]
Morris told Vogue : "The visual world we create is so important to our music because the music will evolve constantly over time". In the same piece she cited inspirations ranging "from David Bowie, Grace Jones, Weyes Blood, and Paramore's Hayley Williams" to film and fashion icons. [8] Reviewing the band's debut album, Pitchfork wrote: "Prelude to Ecstasy spills over with baroque flourishes, ribboning woodwinds, and a theatrical sense of melodrama". [9] A separate concert review by The Harvard Crimson praised Morris's stage presence, noting that "Morris's charismatic stage presence was engrossing as she danced around the stage before moving on to 'Caesar on a TV Screen'". [10]