Sort by release date
Your Search For Dry Cleaning
Found 12 results
Dry Cleaning
Stumpwork
Indies exclusive LP is on 'recycled black' vinyl.We've got a limited amount of the 'Don't Press Me / Stumpy' 7" singles to give away free with the album while stocks last.The new album from Kingston visitors Dry Cleaning! following on from 2021's New Long Leg.Stumpwork was inspired by a plethora of events, concepts, and political debacles, be they represented in the icy mess of ambient elements reflecting a certain existential despair, or the surprising warmth in celebrating the lives of loved ones lost through the previous year. Surrealist lyrics are as ever at the forefront – but there is a sensitivity now to the themes of family, money, politics, self-deprecation, and sensuality. Furious alt-rock anthems combine across the record with jangle pop and ambient noise, demonstrating the wealth of influences the band feed off and their deep musicality. With the pressure of their debut album behind them, Dry Cleaning have crafted an ambitious and deeply rewarding new work that marks them out as one of the most intelligent and exciting acts to come out of the UK.
4AD
CD | LP
Dry Cleaning
New Long Leg
Indies exclusive LP is on 'opaque yellow' coloured vinyl. The highly anticipated debut studio album from Dry Cleaning, following on from the 2019 EP 'Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks' and 'Sweet Princess'. New Long Leg is more ambitious and complex, with Shaw’s spoken vocals tightly intertwined with the band’s restless instrumentals. With lyrics preoccupied by themes like dissociation, escapism, daydreaming, complicated feelings of love, anger, revenge, anxiety, the kitchen, lethargy, forgetfulness, and survival, Shaw says, “the title is ambiguous; a new long leg could be an expensive present or a growth or a table repair.” Dry Cleaning was formed by friends Tom Dowse, Nick Buxton and Lewis Maynard after a karaoke party in 2017 inspired a collaboration. They wrote instrumentally to begin with until six months later Florence Shaw, a visual artist, university lecturer and picture researcher by day – with no prior musical experience – turned up to a band rehearsal armed with reams of her own collected writing and a copy of Michael Bernard Loggins’ Fears Of Your Life to read out over the music. Before long she was the group’s frontperson, contributing words of her own, and serving as the perfect foil to the band’s music.
4AD
CD | LP
Dry Cleaning
Wednesday 26th October
at The Disco Room, Pryzm, 7:00pm (14+)
EXTRA DATE ADDED DUE TO HUGE DEMAND.Admission will be via e-ticket. Your e-ticket will be delivered to your email address in time for the show (typically the day before the event).To celebrate the release of their new album titled 'Stumpwork', Dry Cleaning visit Kingston to play in the disco room at Pryzm. Aside from the previous night, we've not yet done a show in that room before. We're so confident it's gonna be great, we've sorted another show. It's gonna be crazy good with the light up dancefloor and the band playing in the round, and a floor above looking down!Stumpwork was inspired by a plethora of events, concepts, and political debacles, be they represented in the icy mess of ambient elements reflecting a certain existential despair, or the surprising warmth in celebrating the lives of loved ones lost through the previous year. Surrealist lyrics are as ever at the forefront – but there is a sensitivity now to the themes of family, money, politics, self-deprecation, and sensuality. Furious alt-rock anthems combine across the record with jangle pop and ambient noise, demonstrating the wealth of influences the band feed off and their deep musicality. With the pressure of their debut album behind them, Dry Cleaning have crafted an ambitious and deeply rewarding new work that marks them out as one of the most intelligent and exciting acts to come out of the UK. -Times TBC but we expect doors at 7pm with Dry Cleaning on stage at 8pm.-Pryzm is 14+ for this show. No under 8s, sorry. 8 to 13 year olds must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult (18+). Those aged 14+ can attend unaccompanied. Over 18s should bring PHOTO ID (driving license / passport).Pryzm, 154 Clarence Street, Kingston Upon Thames (KT1 1QP)
CD | LP
Past Event
Dry Cleaning
Thursday 2nd September
at Pryzm (14+) on stage 9:30pm
Additional COVID-19 measures are in place for this show.
To be admitted, you will need to show proof of:
DOUBLE VACCINATION - you received your second COVID-19 vaccine at least two weeks ago. or NEGATIVE TEST - a negative lateral flow or PCR test taken in the 48 hours prior to the show. or NATURAL IMMUNITY - evidenced by a positive PCR test result for COVID-19, lasting for 180 days from the date of the positive test and following completion of the self-isolation period.
More info on how to evidence your status / test result HERE
Masks are encouraged, but not mandated.
If you are displaying any symptoms of COVID-19, please do not attend.
-
Entry conditions will include whichever Covid-19 safety measures are advised by government at the time.
PLEASE NOTE: date is subject to change pending government / NIHP guidance around the coronavirus outbreak.
If this event is postponed, we will let you know - please do not contact us until a rescheduled date is announced. Once announced, if you cannot make the rescheduled date refunds will be available.
-
To celebrate the release of their new album titled New Long Leg, Dry Cleaning visit Kingston to play at Pryzm.
New Long Leg is more ambitious and complex, with Shaw’s spoken vocals tightly intertwined with the band’s restless instrumentals. With lyrics preoccupied by themes like dissociation, escapism, daydreaming, complicated feelings of love, anger, revenge, anxiety, the kitchen, lethargy, forgetfulness, and survival, Shaw says, “the title is ambiguous; a new long leg could be an expensive present or a growth or a table repair.”
Dry Cleaning was formed by friends Tom Dowse, Nick Buxton and Lewis Maynard after a karaoke party in 2017 inspired a collaboration. They wrote instrumentally to begin with until six months later Florence Shaw, a visual artist, university lecturer and picture researcher by day – with no prior musical experience – turned up to a band rehearsal armed with reams of her own collected writing and a copy of Michael Bernard Loggins’ Fears Of Your Life to read out over the music. Before long she was the group’s frontperson, contributing words of her own, and serving as the perfect foil to the band’s music.
-
Times now confirmed as: 8:30pm doors 9:30pm DRY CLEANING
-
Pryzm is all ages for this show - under 14s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult (18+). Over 18s should bring PHOTO ID (driving license / passport).
Pryzm, 154 Clarence Street, Kingston Upon Thames (KT1 1QP)
PLEASE NOTE: If you choose Collect In-store as your delivery option your full order will need to be collected from our shop rather than from the venue.
Past Event
Dry Cleaning
Secret Love [Personally Signed]
For a limited time, you can pick up a personally signed copy of the album! Please put the message you'd like written on your album in the comments section at checkout. There is a character limit on the length of the message you can request. The message will cut off when the limit is reached. It's not possible to extend messages beyond the character limit.Artists are not robots. They won't be writing anything they don't want to, so make the message you request sensible.PLEASE NOTE it may not be possible to amend your message after your order has been placed.If you don't want personalisation on your signed album, please state that in the comments box.Artists, and our staff, take a lot of time and care over personalised items, but we cannot make guarantees on spelling, legibility of handwriting, colour of pen, position of signature.-Indies exclusive LP is on 'apricot' coloured vinyl.On 9th January 2026, Dry Cleaning will return with Secret Love, the group’s third studio album, produced by Cate Le Bon.Secret Love is the finest expression yet of the profound friendships that created Dry Cleaning, between frontperson Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard. Here, the south London four-piece take their place in rock’s avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence’s delivery, meticulously calibrated to her bandmates’ soundscapes, asserts her in a lineage of spoken-word artists stretching from Laurie Anderson to Life Without Buildings’ Sue Tompkins.The follow-up to Stumpwork started life in Peckham rehearsal spaces, all four members writing, playing and responding to each other in the room: in Dry Cleaning, music and lyrics form an inseparable, generative whole. Secret Love evolved through affirming sessions at Jeff Tweedy’s Chicago studio the Loft and explosive ones with Gilla Band’s Alan Duggan and Daniel Fox at Sonic Studios in Dublin, taking advantage of the sonic particulars of each space, and finally with Cate Le Bon at Black Box in the Loire Valley. After interviewing various potential producers, they picked Cate – an esteemed solo artist who has also made albums for Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, Wilco and Horsegirl – for her unabashed positivity and openness. “Being in a room with them and hearing that vitality and life force that exists between them all, it’s such a unique expression,” she says.Trust is Secret Love’s guiding theme, as signified by compulsively catchy ‘Hit My Head All Day’ which opens the album. Powered by pistons of breathy synths and cresting arcs of guitar, Florence’s signature mix of absurdism and sensitivity, “The song is about manipulation of the body and mind. The lyrics were initially inspired by the use of misinformation on social media by the far right. There are powerful people that seek to influence our behaviour for their own gain; to buy certain things, to vote a certain way. I find it hard to read people’s intentions and decide who to trust, even in everyday life. It’s easy to fall under the influence of a sinister stranger who seems like a friend.We took a playful approach to the song. At one point it had harmonica on it instead of a vocal. At the demo stage we were inspired by There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly and the Family Stone.”
4AD
CD | LP
Out of Stock
Dry Cleaning
Stumpwork [Personally Signed]
For a limited time, you can pick up a personally signed copy of the album!Please put the message you'd like written on your album in the comments section at checkout. Click / tap 'Add Comment', below 'Total Price'. Artists are not robots. They won't be writing anything they don't want to, so make the message you request sensible. PLEASE NOTE it may not be possible to amend your message after your order has been placed.If you don't want personalisation on your signed album, please state that in the comments box.-The new album from Kingston visitors Dry Cleaning! following on from 2021's New Long Leg.Stumpwork was inspired by a plethora of events, concepts, and political debacles, be they represented in the icy mess of ambient elements reflecting a certain existential despair, or the surprising warmth in celebrating the lives of loved ones lost through the previous year. Surrealist lyrics are as ever at the forefront – but there is a sensitivity now to the themes of family, money, politics, self-deprecation, and sensuality. Furious alt-rock anthems combine across the record with jangle pop and ambient noise, demonstrating the wealth of influences the band feed off and their deep musicality. With the pressure of their debut album behind them, Dry Cleaning have crafted an ambitious and deeply rewarding new work that marks them out as one of the most intelligent and exciting acts to come out of the UK.
4AD
CD | LP
Out of Stock
