The five-piece join alumni of the BBC radio award such as Adele, PinkPantheress and 50 cent which bodes well for future break out chart success.

The Last Dinner Party had played major shows in Ireland in 2023, such as support Florence + the Machine at her Musgrave Park date in June and more recently, Hozier at his 3Arena dates in December.

The band also played an usually intimate gig in Workman's immediately off the back of their support show for  Hozier across the river.

The news was broken to the band by former nominee and their previous headliner Florence Welch, who praised their "fierce and ferocious" sound and "joyful" live shows.

The news was broken in the middle of an interview the band were doing with the BBC, which Florence Welch was a surprise addition to.

She said to the musicians "you've had the most wonderful year" adding that it was "so beautiful to see what you are building".

"This doesn't feel real," said lead singer Abigail Morris in response to the news. "Has anyone got a pillow I can scream into?"

"We're going to have to do a collective sob," laughed guitarist Lizzie Mayland.

The annual Sound Of list was first conducted by BBC News in 2003, when 50 Cent was the first winner. Since then, it has championed acts as diverse as Dizzy Rascal, Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, Frank Ocean, Franz Ferdinand, Stormzy and Wet Leg, who were all nominees.

The Last Dinner Party are the first guitar band to win since Haim in 2013.

Dressed like a group of Byronic romantic poet cum punk rockers, and providing glam rock tracks, The Last Dinner Party have quickly become one of the most talked about bands in 2023, having won the Rising Star award at the Brit 2023 Awards.

The Last Dinner Part peaked the interest of record labels after London filmmaker Lou Smith posted The Last Dinner Party's set to YouTube, which led to the group's inbox being blown up.

The group then signed to Island Records in early 2022, supported the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park that summer, and started working on their debut album with Arctic Monkeys' producer James Ford that year.

The Top Five acts considered for the prestigious award were:

1. Indie rock band The Last Dinner Party
2. 'Imperfect' pop star Olivia Dean
3. Superstar DJ Peggy Gou
4. South African phenomenon Tyla
5.  Soul sensation Elmiene

Prelude To Ecstasy - the band's highly anticipated and much hyped, debut album will be available to fans on February 2nd 2024. Indeed, even Florence Welsh said when announcing the news 'I'm so excited for your record'.

Prelude To Ecstasy, has been ready for almost a year but the band held it back as they wanted to build a following before the release of the EP, which has undoubtedly worked, as not only have the rock outfit built up fans, but a frenzy too.

"There's a whole bootleg black market in our songs," says guitarist Georgia Davies. "People download the audio from live videos and put it on their Spotify or SoundCloud".

"It's quite retro, like the old days of pirating cassettes. It's amazing that people want to go to that effort."