The Last Internationale
Biography The Last Internationale
The Last Internationale
is Edgey Pires on guitar and Delila Paz on vocals, bass and piano. Their energetic, politically engaged rock carries on, in its own way, the East Village tradition of protest songs — only much heavier.
In 2013, the EP New York, I Do Mind Dying led them to meet Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave, Prophets Of Rage). This connection brought drummer Brad Wilk into TLI for two years. Their debut album, We Will Reign, produced by Brendan O’Brien, was released by Epic in 2014; the band quickly left the major label behind to regain their independence.
France discovered them in late February 2020 with the album Soul on Fire — executive-produced by Tom Morello and featuring Joey Castillo (Queens of The Stone Age) on drums. The response was remarkable: two appearances on Taratata, the title track reaching No. 1 on OÜI FM’s playlist, interviews and sessions on RTL, RTL2 and Europe 1, extensive press and online coverage, and a sold-out club tour. Originally scheduled for mid-March, the album’s physical release in France had to be postponed until early June due to lockdown, while the pandemic put the band’s presence in France on hold.
In 2022, Delila and Edgey returned to the stage at Hellfest, then at Lollapalooza (on the Pearl Jam day), opening for Kiss and Guns N’ Roses, as well as performing in numerous clubs. In 2023, TLI released Running for a Dream, a 100% independently produced studio album, and continued touring clubs and opening for Shaka Ponk (with whom the band are friends) and Extreme. In 2024, their appearance at the Heavy Weekend in Nancy marked the beginning of their relationship with Vivienne Music. Live in Europe followed in 2025.
In 2025 and 2026, the duo returned to tour France. Between these two runs of shows, they recorded their new album with Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big, The Winery Dogs, Talas) on bass and Ray Luzier (Korn, David Lee Roth) on drums. They also revisited one of their most popular live tracks, Wanted Man, mixed by Bob Clearmountain (INXS, Bryan Adams, Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Rolling Stones).
“Saturated riffs and incendiary vocals… commands respect on the very Zeppelin-esque Hard Times. One to watch.” — Rolling Stone
“To stand up to the aggression of an incandescent, distorted guitar, it took Delila’s voice — powerful and furious without ever becoming one-dimensional.” — Rock & Folk
“New York hasn’t produced a band with this much balls in a long time.” — Francis Zégut
“The standard-bearer for a kind of music we thought had disappeared — music rooted in a political, or at the very least proletarian, dimension… the spark that reignites the fire of rock at its noblest and most existential.” — Music Waves
“The revolutionary rock-blues of this power duo is probably the best thing to come out of the East Coast of the US of A since the White Stripes.” — Gonzo Music
