Dry Cleaning – Sliced By A Fingernail
Earlier this year, Dry Cleaning, released their new album, Secret Love via 4AD.
The beloved band of frontperson Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard’s third album earned them glowing praise from fans and critics alike, including NPR Music, Wall Street Journal, Pitchfork, Paste, Rolling Stone, and more, with the latter hailing the album as “the best Dry Cleaning album yet, full of intriguing left turns and surprising new swerves.”
Today, ahead of the band’s extensive North American tour kicking off next month, they release the new single, “Sliced by a Fingernail” accompanied by a visualizer by BULLYACHE.
With a backdrop of the band’s rich soundscape of early 80s US punk and hardcore coupled with stoner rock and motorik grooves, Shaw provides abstract lyrics partly about someone who hates attention.
She comments: “A lot of attention makes them feel sliced up. So they fantasise about being hidden inside a huge flower bud and about being anonymous in a crowd at night. The image of a brown mark from a finger nail pressed into a petal inspired some of the lyrics. I thought about peony buds not opening and then browning, and their tightness. The lyrics were also inspired by illustrator Jooyoung Kim’s picture book about a dog who has a long body, called ‘Welcome To My Life’.”
Dry Cleaning’s North American tour dates follow an EU/UK tour and finds the band making stops in major cities including Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and more. Following, the band will tour Australia and New Zealand.
Dry Cleaning Tour Dates
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 x
Tue. Apr. 21 – Birmingham, UK @ XOYO x
Wed. Apr. 22 – London, UK @ O2 Brixton Academy = x
Fri. Apr. 24 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio x
Sat. Apr. 25 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Hall x
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
Wed. May 28 – Brisbane, AU @ The Princess Theatre (Open Season)
Thu. May 29 – Sydney, AU @ Sydney Opera House (Vivid LIVE) $
Fri. May 30 – Melbourne, AU @ The Forum Theatre (RISING) #
Tue. June 2 – Wellington, NZ @ Meow Nui
Wed. June 3 – Auckland, NZ @ Hollywood Avondale
Sat. June 6 – Fremantle, AU @ Arrival Festival
Sun. June 7 – Ballarat, AU @ Civic Hall Ballarat
Thu. June 11 – Hobart, AU @ Odeon Theatre (Dark Mofo)
Wed. June 24 – Zagreb, HR @ INmusic Festival
Fri. July 3 – Kraggenburg, NL @ Wilde Weide Festival
Sat. July 11 – Bruges, BE @ Cactusfestival
Fri. July 24 – Southwold, UK @ Latitude Festival
Fri. July 31 – Curraghmore, IE @ All Together Now Festival
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