"Mirror" is the twelfth and closing track on The Last Dinner Party's debut album, Prelude to Ecstasy.
Background[]
Mirror is one of the earliest song by the band,[1] with Abigail Morris having had posted it to Soundcloud in 2019[2] before it was reworked for The Last Dinner Party, and has been part of their setlist since they first started to perform live.
The song is, alongside Beautiful Boy, the most precious ones to Abigail Morris with it being written by her when she was 17 or 18.[3]
The meaning of the song has changed throughout, with the first version being about an imagined relationship,
- “I hadn’t really been in relationships until then and it was the idea of codependency and the feeling of not existing without this relationship. And losing your identity and having it defined by relationship in a sort of unhealthy way.”
- ―Abigail Morris for Apple Music
She also explained that the 'she' in the verses was about an old friend who became obsessive of Abigail and her dad after Abigail's father had passed away, she would do frightening and stalker-y stuff like go to his grave and call Abigail.[3]
- “I wrote the song being like, ‘I’m dealing with the dissolution of this friendship and this kind of horrible psychosis that she seems to be going through.’ Now this song has become similar to ‘Burn Alive.’ It’s my relationship with an audience and the feeling of always being a performer and needing someone looking at you, needing a crowd, needing someone to hear you. I will never forget the day that Emily first did that guitar solo. Then Aurora’s orchestral bit was so important to have on that record. We wanted it to have light motifs from the album. That ending always makes me really emotional. I think it’s a really touching bit of music and it feels so right for the end of this album. It feels cathartic.”
- ―Abigail Morris for Apple Music
Demo[]
The demo version of the song was released on Soundcloud in 2019 by Abigail Morris. Before the band, Morris used to release her own songs on Soundcloud under the name "Amorina", talking about the demo of "Mirror" she's said that it is the only song that she kept from that time.[3]
Lyrics[]
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Credits[]
The Last Dinner Party[]
- Abigail Morris - Vocals
- Georgia Davies - Bass
- Emily Roberts - Lead Guitar
- Aurora Nishevci - Scored and Conducted, Synthesizer, Piano, Organ
- Lizzie Mayland - Additional Vocals, Guitar
Additional personnel[]
- James Ford - Production, Drums
- Jimmy Robertson - Engineer
- Philip Howarth - Oboe
- Rocio Bolaños - Clarinet
- Ashley Myall - Bassoon
- Lucy Humphris - Trumpet
- Bradley Jones - Trumpet
- Robyn Blair - French horn
- Alistair Goodwin - Bass trombone
- Alan Moulder - Mixed
- Chris Gehringer - Mastering
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Tracklist
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Acoustics and Covers
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Other Eras
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Live
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Extras
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