International, Munich (Germany) based band releases sixth single 'Tears of Joy' featuring the almost immortal 'Brass Boys'. The song lopes along in 5/4 to a tripping arpeggiated riff on guitar, whilst the lyrics touch upon pleasing some protagonist at the cost of getting sunburnt and fulfilling ice cream desires before finally being brought to questionable tears of joy as it drops in and out of some deliberate cheese style moments to reflect some sort of misplaced ecstasy.

Despite their swift rise from the band's conception in 2019 to appear at The Sound of Munich Now festival in Munich, Germany it was a very short take-off interrupted by the Covid lockdowns. In the meantime The Lone Dining Society (LDS) have concentrated on developing material for a series of ongoing single releases.

The band comprises of Ian Chapman (UK), main vocals, guitars, Carles Camós (ES), Bass Guitar, Eileen Byrne (LUX), vocals, organ, percussion & Johannes Url (DE) - they are often joined by the 'Brass Boys' who are a satellite entity made up of various brass players on Trumpet and Trombone.

The songs and arrangements written by composer-songwriter and multi instrumentalist Chapman will challenge the listener to describe the genre. Their music, which is reminiscent of They Might Be Giants, The Divine Comedy, Neutral Milk Hotel, Belle & Sebastian, The Beautiful South, Tiger Lillies, Crash Test Dummies, Frank Zappa and Beirut, is a mixture of acoustic and electronic instruments with unusual lyrics that make you think - with a dash of Black Comedy thrown into the mix.