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[ep] Dry Cleaning – Swampy

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Dry Cleaning live in Milan’22

Some extra material from great bands is always good news. Yesterday Dry Cleaning have released a new EP titled Swampy, which features one previously unreleased demo for “Peanuts”, two previously unheard originals “Swampy” & “Sombre Two”, and two reworks, one of “Gary Ashby” remixed by Nourished by Time, and the other of “Hot Penny Day”, remixed by Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul.

It follows the band’s latest 2022 LP Stumpwork. Dry Cleaning are also touring nonstop since November and have even more concerts lined up for March, including many shows in Europe. Find all the dates and ticket information on their website.

Listen below and purchase the EP here.

[song] The Golden Dregs – Vista

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Back in October, The Golden Dregs (aka Benjamin Woods) announced the release of a new LP, On Grace & Dignity via 4AD.

So far we have heard several tracks from it, and now, ahead of the record arriving tomorrow already, we get one final preview of an album — the gentle and instantly appealing “Vista”.

Check it out below and get the album here.

[video] Dry Cleaning – No Decent Shoes For Rain

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Dry Cleaning have released a new song “No Decent Shoes For Rain” as the latest preview of their upcoming album Stumpwork, set for release on October 21 via 4AD.

Dry Cleaning live in Milan’22

It follows the previously released tracks “Don’t Press Me”, “Anna Calls From The Arctic”, “Gary Ashby”, and is accompanied by a cool music video that features various footage of the band edited by Jono Canning.

The song itself is inspired by grief, as explained by the group’s Florence Shaw:

“’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, ruminating about the past”.

Check it out below and pre-order the LP here.

[video] Dry Cleaning – Anna Calls From The Arctic

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Dry Cleaning have unleashed a new cut “Anna Calls From The Arctic” as the latest preview of their upcoming album Stumpwork, set for release on October 21 via 4AD.

Dry Cleaning live in Milan’22

It is the second taster of the group’s new LP, following “Don’t Press Me”, and is accompanied by quite a hypnotic and interesting looped visualization that features a drummer from the band, Nick Buxton, skating backwards on an ice rink.

The song itself is inspired by calls with a friend in the Arctic, as explained by Dry Cleaning themselves:

“The lyrics were partly inspired by phone calls with a friend who was living and working in the Arctic. The song developed from a keyboard, bass and clarinet jam. This then took shape during our pre-recording sessions with John Parish and Joe Jones in Bristol and finalized at Rockfield studios a month later, with some musical inspiration coming from the dramatic scores of John Barry. The song is observational and sensual”.

Watch it below and pre-order the LP here.

[video] Dry Cleaning – Unsmart Lady

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This Friday we will get a highly anticipated debut album from London-based quartet Dry Cleaning. It is titled New Long Leg and will be out through 4AD.

Before hearing the whole thing in its entirety, the group share one final single as a preview, a punchy and catchy “Unsmart Lady”, that is released along with the music video, directed by Tilly Shiner.

Watch it below and pre-order the LP here.