Before we crowned them the Best of What’s Next in 2019 and before they put out back-to-back heavy-hitter records—New Long Leg and Stumpwork—in 2021 and 2022, Dry Cleaning formed in South London after ...

Post-punk indie futurists Dry Cleaning have set the bar high for 2026 albums with their masterful third album Secret Love.

Florence Shaw doesn’t tell jokes. As the singer-lyricist for the British post-punk band Dry Cleaning, she speaks in fragments and riddles, in social commentary and startling understatement, mixing ...

Britons have a complex relationship with the Monarchy. Though adored by older generations and millions around the world, the Royal Family are almost exclusively met with scorn and contempt from ...

The four members of UK band Dry Cleaning have been friends for years but only decided to form a band after a 2017 karaoke party. Lewis Maynard, Tom Dowse, and Nick Buxton worked up music first, ...

UK band Dry Cleaning, who are currently in the U.S. playing their first shows here, have signed with 4AD. The label will release the band’s debut album, which they’re working on now, later this year.

If I may borrow a phrase from Lisa Robinson, Dry Cleaning is one of those bands with the capacity to change your life. I like to listen to Dry Cleaning’s debut album, New Long Leg, in the car. It ...

As South London continues to pump out angular post-punk bands with all the regularity of a vending machine, such a well-populated landscape doesn’t afford much room for differentiation. It’s telling ...

Dry Cleaning singer Florence Shaw likes to keep some distance between her vocals and the rest of the band. Shaw’s curious confidences, spoken-word confessions, and bemused monologues appear to have ...

New Long Leg, the debut full-length by Dry Cleaning, opens with a jolt: insistent, slightly distorted synth drums, countered by a bludgeoning bassline. Then a voice, extremely British and extremely ...

The British rock band’s distinctive sound comes from the vocalist Florence Shaw’s carefully delivered observations that float somewhere between stand-up, poetry and comedy. By Simon Reynolds LOS ...

The London-based art-rock quartet Dry Cleaning have announced their full-length debut, New Long Leg, out via 4AD on April 2nd. Last spring, Dry Cleaning capitalized on the buzz generated by their ...