Abigail Morris (born 19 October 1999) is a British musician who is the lead singer for

The Last Dinner Party The Last Dinner Party are a British indie rock band from London, formed in 2021. The band consists of Abigail Morris (vocals), Lizzie Mayland (vocals, guitar), Emily Roberts (lead guitar, mandolin, flute), Georgia Davies (bass) and Aurora ...

, a British

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band formed in 2020.

Early life

Abigail Morris was born on 19 October 1999, in

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, England. Morris grew up in London and attended the boarding school,

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, in

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. She then went on to study English at

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in 2019. From a young age, she knew that she wanted to be a musician, and began writing music from the age of thirteen.

Career

In 2018, began releasing music on the streaming service,

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under the name, "Amorina". Her streams also included an early demo of the future '' Prelude to Ecstasy'' track titled "Mirror". In 2019, during

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, Abigail met fellow students

Lizzie Mayland Lizzie Mayland (born 31 January 1999) is a British musician best known as the rhythm guitarist and vocalist for The Last Dinner Party. Their style is influenced by artists such as Amy Winehouse and Johnny Marr. Early life and personal life Ma ...

and Georgia Davies. Together, they decided to start a band. Subsequently, after being introduced to

Emily Roberts Emily Jane Roberts (born 5 February 1998) is a guitarist and composer. She is the lead guitarist of the British indie rock band The Last Dinner Party, and has a background in jazz and classical music. Early life and education Emily Jane Robert ...

and Aurora Nishevci, this led to the formation of

band,

. After a series of

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performances, the band performed their first gig at the

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in November 2021, with Morris as the lead vocalist. Morris has cited

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, as some of their inspirations. In addition to being a songwriter and lead vocalist for The Last Dinner Party, Morris' other credits include providing backing vocals for the British

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band, HMLTD's second album, '' The Worm''. She features on BC Camplight's 2025 single "Two Legged Dog" from his seventh album, ''A Sober Conversation''.

Musical style and influences

Morris told ''

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'': "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. Reviewing the band's debut album, ''

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'' wrote: "''Prelude to Ecstasy'' spills over with baroque flourishes, ribboning woodwinds, and a theatrical sense of melodrama". 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'".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Abigail 1999 births Living people Alumni of King's College London British indie rock musicians English rock singers English women singer-songwriters Singers from London People educated at Bedales School