Dry Cleaning – Secret Love (Deluxe Edition)
At the beginning of this year, Dry Cleaning released their new album, Secret Love.
The third album from the London-based group consisting of lyricist Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton, and bassist Lewis Maynard received glowing accolades across the globe. Today, Dry Cleaning shares an expanded version of the record, Secret Love (Deluxe Edition), featuring three brand-new tracks recorded during album sessions with producer Cate Le Bon last year; “Grass”, “I Have The Key”, and the recently released single, “Sliced by a Fingernail”. Secret Love (Deluxe Edition) also features alternate Erica Eyres artwork.
Accompanying the Secret Love (Deluxe Edition), BULLYACHE (who choreographed visualizers for all 11 songs off Secret Love), joined forces with the band again to produce dedicated visuals for the three new tracks, all shot at the Mandrake Hotel in London.
“These are three short films that sum up our response to the record”, say BULLYACHE. “We tried to contain all the beautiful conflicts and contrasts. Each video is a portrait of elation, grief, push and pull. With Nicole Nevitt and Sam Dilke playing the differing poles of the songs; Nicole’s hair whipping against Sam’s exhaustive thrash against the luxury of the Mandrake Hotel.”
Of the Deluxe Edition, bassist Lewis Maynard comments: “As difficult as it is to choose the final tracklist, we’ve learned with previous records that songs which don’t make the album will see the light of day and sometimes even receive more attention. This is the first time we’ve released a deluxe edition, and we’re especially excited because it includes some of our favourite songs from the session.”
Vocalist Florence Shaw goes into detail on each new track, saying: “The three new songs have a lot of tenderness and vulnerability to them. They’re about feelings of love and loss but also humour that comes along with those heavy feelings.
‘Sliced by a Fingernail’ is about looking for places to hide; fantasies like packing yourself into the centre of a huge flower bud, but also more everyday ones like being part of the crowd at a karaoke bar.
‘Grass’ is about grieving for someone still alive. The lyrics use some metaphors from nature inspired by two trips, one to see the melting Rhône Glacier in Switzerland and the other to Laurissilva, the ‘living fossil’ ancient forest on the island of Madeira. Whilst it has lots of imperfections and was a bit improvised, Cate had a real affinity for the vocal performance we chose for this track.
The lyrics to ‘I Have The Key’ came from a feeling of sadness and helplessness at the state of the world. The genocide in Gaza had begun around the time I was writing some of the lyrics. The saxophone part was improvised by Bruce Lamont at the Loft studio in Chicago, and the structure and delivery of the vocal, as well as the choice of words came as a response to his playing.”
In support of Secret Love, the year has already seen Dry Cleaning play shows across North America, the United Kingdom, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. The next leg of their tour takes the band to South America and back to the UK and Europe for festival appearances including Rock en Seine, Green Man, Latitude, Sonic City, with more to be added.
DRY CLEANING – LIVE
July 23-26 – SOUTHWOLD, UK – Latitude Festival
July 31 – CO. WATERFORD, IRELAND – All Together Now
August 7 – PALERMO, ITALY – Ypsigrock Festival
August 8 – GROTTAGLIE, ITALY – CRX Festival
August 14 – ST MALO, FRANCE – La Route Du Rock
August 20-23 – CRICKHOWELL, UK – Green Man Festival
August 30 – PARIS, FRANCE – Rock En Seine
September 24 – SANTIAGO, CHILE – Festival En Orbita
September 26 – SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Balaclava Fest
September 29 – BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA – C Art Media
November 7 – DEN HAAG, NETHERLANDS – Crossing Border Festival
November 8 – KORTRIJK, BELGIUM – Sonic City Festival
November 9 – LUXEMBOURG CITY, LUXEMBOURG – Den Atelier
November 11 – LIÈGE, BELGIUM – Reflektor
November 12 – UTRECHT, NETHERLANDS – EKKO
November 14 – NANTES, FRANCE – Le Lieu Unique
November 15 – BORDEAUX, FRANCE – Rock School Barbey
November 16 – LYON, FRANCE – L’Épicerie Moderne
November 17 – CLERMONT-FERRAND, FRANCE – La Coopérative De Mai
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