Self-proclaimed proprietors of “Kitchencore” and Merseyside artpunk legends PETE BENTHAM & THE DINNER LADIES are pleased to reveal the video for their new single ‘Shed’, which is out now on all good digital service providers.

The track is the latest to be taken from their new album Art, Religion and Chocolate Biscuits, which is also out now via fast-growing and well-respected local label 9×9 Records.

Commenting on the single, Bentham says: “My dad had a garden shed to keep him sane. These days, everybody is using medication or self-help books for their mental health. Maybe that’s where we are going wrong? Bring back the humble garden shed!”

The track is the final single to be taken from the new release, their first since their acclaimed 2022 album What’s on The Inside Has to Come Out, with Art, Religion & Chocolate Biscuits the band’s 6th studio album and first outing on new label home 9×9 Records.

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. The record’s title isn’t just a surrealist slogan, either. It’s a direct nod to Pete’s upbringing on a council estate in Widnes, where art felt like a world away from “people like us”, religion loomed large (and terrifying), and chocolate biscuits—particularly orange Clubs—were spiritual currency.

The band recently revealed the video for tongue-in-cheek lead single ‘Art Is Shit’ and similarly wry follow-up ‘Is There Life In Rhyl?’, with the album already praised as possibly their best to date by Louder Than War, Vive Le Rock, The Punk Site, God Is In The TV Zine and more.

Recorded by Dean Tyler and Anthony Brady at Pacific Rooms, Liverpool in March 2025, except for ‘Holy Pictures’, which was recorded by Stephen Cole at What Studios, Liverpool, the album’s launch will be celebrated with a special release show next month at Rough Trade, Liverpool on 12th September 2025.

It’s a big week for Pete and his Dinner Ladies who will be appearing at Rebellion Festival this weekend, with a late, near-headline slot on the Opera House Stage. Widely heralded as a “must see” act at the annual punk paradise, they also plan an acoustic stage slot, as well as the Dinner Ladies Disco, which has become the Dinner Ladies fans’ own social club at Rebellion.

A string of Autumn 2025 UK live dates are also on sale now—further festival appearances and live dates TBA over the coming months (see below for listings).

New album Art, Religion & Chocolate Biscuits is out now via 9×9 Records

Live dates:

07.08.25 – Rebellion Festival – Blackpool
12.09.25 – Rough Trade – Liverpool
19.09.25 – The Classic Grand Lounge – Glasgow
20.09.25 – Whistle Binkies – Edinburgh
12.10.25 – Wharf Chambers – Leeds
18.10.25 – Bank Top Tavern – Oldham
02.11.25 – The Swinging Arm – Birkenhead
16.11.25 – Star & Garter – Manchester
13.12.25 – The Station – Ashton-Under-Lyne

Tickets: https://linktr.ee/pbdinnerladies

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