Dry Cleaning will reissue their first two EPs on 8 March. Remastered to celebrate the release, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks and Sweet Princess will be pressed as one single vinyl. The former will be available on cassette for the first time and include an exclusive bonus single, a demo of New Long Leg single, ‘Strong Feelings’, recorded during the sessions for Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks. The band has shared a new visualiser for the song ‘Sit Down Meal’,...
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Following last year’s critically acclaimed second LP, Stumpwork, London outfit Dry Cleaning announce Swampy, a new EP composed of two previously unreleased tracks, remixes and demos, out on 1 March. Today, the quartet release two new tracks, ‘Swampy’ and ‘Sombre Two’ of which the band says, “These two songs were recorded in the Stumpwork sessions and they feel like good companions to us. They share a dusty, desolate and spacey atmosphere.” Also featured on Swampy are remixes...
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Sleaford Mods have released their sinister new single ‘Force 10 From Navarone’, featuring guest vocals from Dry Cleaning frontwoman Florence Shaw. Accompanied by a brand new video, the song is taken from the Nottingham duo’s forthcoming album UK GRIM, which will be released on 10 March 2023. Reflecting the depth of the new record, this emotional commentary explores the inner life anxieties of 21st century living, with a wry examination of social conventions. Driven by urgent...
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Ahead of their debut Australian tour in December, Dry Cleaning release their sophomore album Stumpwork. Having already started writing their second record before their first New Long Leg was released, they spent twice as much time with producer John Parish on the follow-up, Stumpwork. Vocals which coil tightly around deft and complex riffs, great meshes of instrumental texture and the willingness to launch into full-on abstraction. “We felt more confident,” says guitarist Tom...
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Dry Cleaning take a more sombre turn on ‘No Decent Shoes for Rain’ taken from their upcoming album Stumpwork, out 21 October. It begins with Florence Shaw’s vocals coiled tightly over woozy guitar and minimal percussion: “my poor heart is breaking.” Shaw says “’No Decent Shoes for Rain’ is inspired by grief; grief over past relationships, grief for loved ones who have died, and all the things that come with that; loneliness, numbness, yearning,...
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Dry Cleaning share ‘Gary Ashby’. The new single, from their second album Stumpwork (out 21 October), follows the travails of a beloved family tortoise lost in lockdown (“Have you seen Gary?”). Loaded with melodious hooks, the 2-minute jangle pop song is “a lament about a pet tortoise, escaped as a result of family chaos,” explains the band. “We wrote it in December 2020, one of the first new songs after the New Long Leg session.” To support the...
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Dry Cleaning release new single ‘Anna Calls From The Arctic’ off their forthcoming album Stumpwork, out 21 October, alongside a visualiser featuring the band’s drummer, Nick Buxton, displaying perfect form while skating backwards. Watch below! On ‘Anna Calls From The Arctic’, Florence Shaw narrates an off-kilter conversation with a distant friend. The track is whacked-out and otherworldly. “The lyrics were partly inspired by phone calls with a friend who was living and working in the...
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Dry Cleaning follow the success of their debut album New Long Leg with a special one-off double A-side single, out today. ‘Bug Eggs’ / ‘Tony Speaks!’ Recorded at Rockfield Studios in July and August 2020 during the session for New Long Leg, ‘Bug Eggs’ and ‘Tony Speaks!’ were previously only available as bonus tracks. Explaining the two tracks Florence Shaw says, “’Bug Eggs’ is about the confidence that comes with age, fragility and sexual desire. The lyrics to ‘Tony...
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Dry Cleaning is Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dowse (guitar), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Florence Shaw (vocals). Buoyed by the universal acclaim they received for 2019 EPs Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks and Sweet Princess, the south London foursome spent more and more of their lives on tour, refining their craft even further and developing a near-psychic knowledge of how to leave the right amount of space for each other in their songs. Their debut album New Long Leg, produced by John Parish, and featuring the...
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Bills & Aches & Blues features 18 of the label’s current artists covering a song of their choosing from 4AD’s past: a creative experiment rooted in the spirit of collaboration and a snapshot of 4AD, 41 years after its inception. Bills & Aches & Blues will be released with standard vinyl and CD editions following on 23 July and a deluxe vinyl boxset later this year. To pre-order head to 4AD.ffm.to/billsandachesandblues. The first 12 months’ profits...
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The third chapter of the Bills & Aches & Blues compilation is released today. The four tracks that comprise ‘Side 3’ see Future Islands, Dry Cleaning, Bradford Cox (Deerhunter, Atlas Sound) and new signing Jenny Hval cover Colourbox, Lush, Grimes and Breeders respectively. Bills & Aches & Blues – Side 3 11 Future Islands The Moon Is Blue ( Colourbox ) 12 Jenny Hval Sunbathing ( Lush ) 13 Dry Cleaning Oblivion ( Grimes ) 14 Bradford Cox Mountain Battles ( Breeders ) Bills & Aches & Blues features 18 of the...
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Dry Cleaning are delighted to announce details of their debut studio album and have shared a new single ‘Strong Feelings’. The South London group of Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dowse (guitar), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Florence Shaw (vocals) will release New Long Leg on 2 April via 4AD. The 10-track long-player, which includes ‘Strong Feelings’ and last year’s single ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’, was recorded over two weeks last summer at Rockfield...
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Dry Cleaning share the song ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’, the group’s first release on 4AD / Remote Control Records. ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’ is a treatise on the joy of life’s little pleasures, where air fresheners become mighty oaks and Instagram filters are glamourous holiday destinations. The South London band explain further – “In the search for your true calling in life, it’s easy to try so many things that you end up confused....
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