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Release Date Friday 1st August 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.
Tracklist: (A1) Shed (A2) Is There Life In Rhyl? (A3) Art Is Shit (A4)Attention Deficit Retention (A5) Mermaids In The Mersey (B1) Punks Don’t Jam (B2) It’s Okay To Be Quiet (B3) Holy Pictures (B4) Stand By Your Nan (B5) Lie Down
“One of the most important bands on the scene…a much-needed dose of fun” - Vive Le Rock Magazine
“Agent provocateurs of the Merseyside underground scene…quite simply life-affirming” - Louder Than War
A gloriously off-kilter yet deeply personal record that mixes absurdist punk theatre with an unexpectedly tender dive into mental health, Catholic guilt, and the surreal poetry of everyday life.
“It’s more personal than the previous ones,” frontman Pete explains, “but not in a heavy way – more like Mortimer & Whitehouse than The Bell Jar”, succinctly summing up the Dinner Ladies’ approach: taking the kitchen sink, giving it a saxophone solo, and letting it spill over with charm, wit, and a fair helping of existential unease.
Parody and poignancy runs through every song. Tracks like ‘Is There Life in Rhyl?’ and ‘Holy Pictures’ explore personal trauma and social conditioning through an unmistakably British filter; Catholicism, childhood fear, seaside holidays, and haunted toilet trips included.
For fans of: The Fall, The Kinks, John Cooper Clarke, X-Ray Spex, Madness, cabaret, collage, chaos, and joyfully honest punk.
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