Dry Cleaning announce new album, share “Hit My Head All Day”

Dry Cleaning have announced a new album, Secret Love, which will be out January 9 via 4AD. The album was produced by Cate Le Bon and recorded at Wilco’s Loft studio in Chicago. “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.

The first single is the album’s opening track, “Hit My Head All Day,” a slow strut with dubby post-punk bones. “The song is about manipulation of the body and mind,” singer Florence Shaw says. “The lyrics were initially inspired by the use of misinformation on social media by the far right. There are powerful people that seek to influence our behaviour for their own gain; to buy certain things, to vote a certain way. I find it hard to read people’s intentions and decide who to trust, even in everyday life. It’s easy to fall under the influence of a sinister stranger who seems like a friend. We took a playful approach to the song. At one point it had harmonica on it instead of a vocal. At the demo stage we were inspired by There’s a Riot Goin’ On by Sly and the Family Stone.”

In what now seems like very good timing, Dry Cleaning wrap up their short North American tour in Brooklyn on Thursday (10/2) at Warsaw with experimental hip hop duo Infinity Knives & Brian Ennal.

Secret Love
1. Hit My Head All Day
2. Cruise Ship Designer
3. My Soul / Half Pint
4. Secret Love (Concealed in a Drawing of a Boy)
5. Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit
6. Blood
7. Evil Evil Idiot
8. Rocks
9. The Cute Things
10. I Need You
11. Joy

Dry Cleaning Tour Dates
Thu. Oct. 2 – New York, NY, Warsaw
Sat. Oct. 11 – Split, HR, Planet Dom Festival
Thu. Oct. 23 – Madrid, ES @ Barceló Theatre
Fri. Oct. 24 – Valencia, ES @ Loco Club
Sat. Oct. 25 – Barcelona, ES @ Paral.lel 62
Fri. Nov. 7 – Brighton, UK @ Mutations Festival
Sat. Nov. 8 – Bristol, UK @ Simple Things Festival
Sat. Jan. 3 – Bognor Regis, UK @ Rockaway Beach Festival
Wed. Apr. 22 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton