Dry Cleaning: New Long Leg Vinyl LP

“Dry Cleaning – the South London group of Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dowse (guitar), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Florence Shaw (vocals) – release their debut album New Long Leg. The 10-track long-player, which includes Strong Feelings and last years single Scratchcard Lanyard, was recorded over two weeks last summer at Rockfield Studios in rural Wales with producer John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding). Following on from their thrillingly taut 2019 EPs Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks and Sweet Princess, New Long Leg is more ambitious and complex, with Shaws spoken vocals tightly intertwined with the bands 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’.” – 4AD

• debut full-length from UK post-punk band
• produced by PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish
• black vinyl pressing
• includes printed inner sleeve w/ 4-page lyric insert
• music label: 4AD 2021