“At a time when such key cultural theorists as the bloke from Maroon 5 are asking whether the very idea of bands has a future, the debut album from south London four-piece Dry Cleaning seems timely. In front of inventive, ever-shifting, never-repeating post-punk shapes – courtesy of Nick Buxton (drums), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Tom Dowse (guitar) – Florence Shaw intones richly detailed lyrical fra”
“The London art-rockers’ outstanding debut is a droll album full of surreal images, bizarre obsessions, and sense memories. The cumulative effect of Florence Shaw’s narration is inexplicably wonderful.”
“The British quartet’s debut album is levels funnier, wryer and more melodic than their previous work”
“Dry Cleaning separate themselves from the post punk crowd by matching lyrical prowess with raw sound”
“a playful antidote to po-faced post-punk”
“Dry Cleaning’s debut album, New Long Leg, is both a lockdown record and an unsettling reminder of pre-’rona normality. On the title track, vocalist Flo Shaw’s spoken-word lyrics deal with sunburnt skin and travel toiletries. In the slogging yet slick ‘Leafy’, Shaw muses about “a tiresome swim” and “knackering drinks”, among other workaday activities and distant memories. The mood she succeeds in c”
