Dry Cleaning – Secret Love
Today, Dry Cleaning release their new album, Secret Love on 4AD.
Secret Love contains the previously released singles “Joy”, “Let Me Grow and You’ll See Fruit”, “Cruise Ship Designer”, and “Hit My Head All Day.”
Secret Love is the finest expression yet of the profound friendships 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.
Secret Love began 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 produced 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,” Le Bon says.
Secret Love will be available digitally, on CD, cassette, black vinyl, limited edition Apricot vinyl (4AD store & indie retail) and Pearl/Arctic vinyl (Rough Trade exclusive). An exclusive run of white labels of Secret Love will be available to order for via the 4AD store, and a small quantity of JCD’s will be available exclusively on Bandcamp. A limited number of signed photo prints will also be available via 4AD and select indie stores.
Dry Cleaning’s North American tour dates have been rescheduled to Spring 2026. Prior, the band will tour the EU and UK.
Dry Cleaning Tour Dates
Fri. Jan. 9 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk (Resident)
Sat. Jan. 10 – London, UK @ Rough Trade East
Tue. Jan. 13 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew (Rough Trade)
Wed. Jan. 14 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell (Crash)
Thu. Jan. 15 – Nottingham, UK @ Metronome (Rough Trade)
Tue. Apr. 7 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
Thu. Apr. 9 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
Fri. Apr. 10 – Hamburg, DE @ Mojo Club
Sat. Apr. 11 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
Mon. Apr. 13 – Brussels, BE @ AB Box
Tue. Apr. 14 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
Fri. Apr. 17 – Dublin, IR @ Vicar Street
Sat. Apr. 18 – Limerick, IR @ Dolan’s
Mon. Apr. 20 – Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed
Tue. Apr. 21 – Birmingham, UK @ XOYO
Wed. Apr. 22 – London, UK @ O2 Brixton Academy
Fri. Apr. 24 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio
Sat. Apr. 25 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall
Thu. Apr. 30 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
Fri. May 1 – Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall
Sat. May 2 – Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Électriques
Sun. May 3 – Hudson, NY @ Basilica Hudson
Tue. May 5 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
Wed. May 6 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Thu. May 7 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
Fri. May 8 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theater
Sun. May 10 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
Tue. May 12 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
Wed. May 13 – Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
Fri. May 15 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
Sat. May 16 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Ballroom
Sun. May 17 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Mon. May 18 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
Wed. May 20 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
Thu. May 21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
Fri. May 22 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Fri. July 24 – Southwold, UK @ Latitude Festival
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