Pete Bentham And The Dinner Girls | Pizzatramp | Zen Baseball Bat | OORYA | Spam Javelin | The Excessive Rip
The Future Yard, Birkenhead
twelfth November 2022
Pete Bentham And The Dinner Girls are in celebration mode as they launch their sixth album What’s On The Inside Has To Come Out to a brimming Birkenhead.
I’ve not seen many Pete Bentham And The Dinner Girls gigs, however I’ve been to loads of their occasions – they don’t actually do gigs; solely occasions. Curator of the (sadly now not) Free Rock ’n’ Roll nights in his native Liverpool, Pete Bentham is the shy, however removed from retiring agent provocateur of the Merseyside underground scene. They’ve a punk perspective with a Crass-like humorous mind set and a sackful of songs to sing you. Pete Bentham And The Dinner Girls are right here at The Future Yard to launch their sixth album, What’s On The Inside Has To Come Out.
Nestled near the doorway of the Birkenhead tunnel, The Future Yard is a powerful purpose-built community-based venue catering for the gig-goer together with rehearsal area, tools, workshops plus fairly priced meals and drinks.
This isn’t a metaphor. It’s a gig. And regardless of there being one other punk gig on tonight simply throughout the water, The Future Yard is having fun with a full home and 6 bands besides.
Removed from this night being all Dinner Woman oriented, early birds had been handled to vegan scouse and vegan cupcakes. These early sufficient are additionally current to witness The Excessive Rip begin proceedings with their cool retro sound, stiff posture and clean lyrics – take a look at their excellent album ‘Rule Of 4’ (on 9×9 Data).
I’d like to inform you that Spam Javelin play a blinding set, however as a result of it’s my band however not my celebration, I’ll simply keep smug and silent about it. All acts get twenty-five minutes to showcase their skills and OORYA is bursting with such expertise. You could recall Louder Than Battle Data launched a ten” EP by the avant-crank outfit Glove a few years in the past; OORYA (Who Are Ya!) is the all-encapsulating Steph of Glove. She takes you on a joyful, juxtaposed journey changing the unconvertible along with her syntelligic syllabification, and likewise introduced there’s an album on the horizon.
Subsequent, we’re handled to Zen Baseball Bat and their cool Dreadzonic / ska vibe that has one and all bouncing to that rocksteady uneven dubfonic beat. They’re swiftly adopted by two-thirds of Pizzatramp, who’ve managed to kill their fourteenth bassist of 2022 on the hungover journey up from South Wales right this moment. Though the shortage of bottom-end lightens the assault, it’s nonetheless an entertaining thrashed out efficiency from the momentary two-piece.
Enter Pete Bentham And The Dinner Girls to rapturous applause, there’s not a wry eye in the home, all smiles are real; identical to the band. They’re the true deal. It’s all about entertaining you whereas additionally getting the message throughout – “It’s not a metaphor, it’s a brick! Don’t speak to me like I’m thick!” The message is kind of easy – BE NICE TO EACH OTHER. If all of us adopted this stance, the world can be such a greater place. Whereas punk rock can get trapped within the dirge of being (fairly rightfully) hateful towards the institution and the socio-political bollocks of contemporary day web platforms, Pete Bentham and pals additionally kick out towards pricks however do it in such a approach, that you just’re left feeling optimistic about your self.
The accompanying Dinnerettes present panto leisure with a Dame Edna David Walliams efficiency involving bricks, mops, sausages and hip potaters, because the really unimaginable musicians take us by a really upbeat repertoire. The brand new album is effectively represented and effectively acquired (I’m Shy, Mum And Dad, What’s On The Inside Has To Come Out) and loads of the hits are belted out too (together with Queen Victoria’s Knob, Goth Postman, Brick, Live performance Sq.).
A efficiency like this from Pete Bentham And The Dinner Girls is kind of merely life-affirming.
The album – ‘What’s On The Inside Has To Come Out’ is out now on 9×9 Data
Observe Pete Bentham And The Dinner Girls: web site | Fb | Twitter
~
All phrases by Neil Crud, yow will discover his creator’s archive right here
Photographs © Graham Jones
Now we have a small favour to ask. Subscribe to Louder Than Battle and assist maintain the flame of impartial music burning. Click on the button under to see the extras you get!
