Earlier this year, Dry Cleaning, “the most important British guitar band of their generation,” (Uncut) released their new album, Secret Love. The beloved band of vocalist Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard’s third album received glowing Album of the Week/Month accolades from the likes of The Sunday Times, The Observer, Record Collector, The Guardian, MOJO, and more, with the latter’s 5* critique calling the album, “a surrealist masterpiece.”
Today, ahead of the band’s extensive tour kicking off next month, they release the new single, ‘Sliced by a Fingernail’ and laundry-noir visuals by BULLYACHE. With a backdrop of the band’s rich soundscape of early 80s US punk and hardcore coupled with stoner rock and motorik grooves, Shaw provides abstract lyrics partly about someone who hates attention.
She comments: “A lot of attention makes them feel sliced up. So they fantasise about being hidden inside a huge flower bud and about being anonymous in a crowd at night. The image of a brown mark from a finger nail pressed into a petal inspired some of the lyrics. I thought about peony buds not opening and then browning, and their tightness. The lyrics were also inspired by illustrator Jooyoung Kim's picture book about a dog who has a long body, called ‘Welcome to My Life’.”
DRY CLEANING TOUR DATES
7 April – BERLIN, GERMANY, Festsaal Kreuzberg +
9 April – COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, Vega +
10 April – HAMBURG, GERMANY, Mojo Club +
11 April – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, Melkweg +
13 April – BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, AB Box +
14 April – PARIS, FRANCE, Le Trianon +
17 April – DUBLIN, IRELAND, Vicar Street -
18 April – LIMERICK, IRELAND, Dolan’s -
20 April – CARDIFF, UK, Tramshed x
21 April – BIRMINGHAM, UK, XOYO x
22 April – LONDON, UK, O2 Academy Brixton = x
24 April – GLASGOW, UK, SWG3 TV Studio x
25 April – MANCHESTER, UK, New Century Hall x
30 April – CHICAGO, IL, USA, Thalia Hall % *
1 May – TORONTO, CANADA, Concert Hall % *
2 May – MONTREAL, CANADA, Foufounes Électriques % *
3 May – HUDSON, NY, USA, Basilica Hudson % *
5 May – BOSTON, MA, USA, Paradise Rock Club % *
6 May – PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA, Union Transfer % *
7 May – BROOKLYN, NY, USA, Brooklyn Steel ^ *
8 May – WASHINGTON, DC, USA, Howard Theater *
10 May – NASHVILLE, TN, USA, Basement East *
12 May – OMAHA, NE, USA, Slowdown *
13 May – DENVER, CO, USA, Meow Wolf *
15 May – SALT LAKE CITY, UT, USA, Kilby Block Party
16 May – BOISE, ID, USA, Shrine Ballroom *
17 May – PORTLAND, OR, USA, Wonder Ballroom *
18 May – SEATTLE, WA, USA, Showbox *
20 May – SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA, August Hall *
21 May – LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, The Belasco
22 May – SAN DIEGO, CA, USA, Casbah
28 May – BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, The Princess Theatre (Open Season)
29 May – SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Sydney Opera House (Vivid LIVE) #
30 May – MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, The Forum Theatre (Rising Festival) >
2 June – WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND, Meow Nui
3 June – AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, Hollywood Avondale
6 June – FREMANTLE, AUSTRALIA, Arrival Festival
7 June – BALLARAT, AUSTRALIA, Civic Hall
11 June – HOBART, AUSTRALIA, Odeon Theatre (Dark Mofo)
22-24 June – ZAGREB, HUNGARY, Inmusic Festival
3 July – KRAGGENBURG, NETHERLANDS, Wilde Weide Festival
10-12 July – BRUGGE, BELGIUM, Cactus Festival
23-26 July – SOUTHWOLD, UK, Latitude Festival
31 July – PORTLAW, IRELAND, All Together Now
6-9 August – CASTELBUONO, ITALY, Ypsigrock Festival
20-23 August – CRICKHOWELL, UK, Green Man Festival
30 August – SAINT-CLOUD, FRANCE, Rock En Seine
+ w/ The Tubs
- w/ Search Results
x w/ Tony Bontana
= w/ Jerkcurb
% w/ YHWH Nailgun
^ w/ Snooper
* w/ Hotline TNT
# w/ Station Model Violence
> w/ Silicone Prairie
