English post-punk band Dry Cleaning have announced a new album Stumpwork. Their second full-length effort in little more than a year, Stumpwork will follow the acclaimed 2021 debut New Long Leg.
A video for the new single ‘Don’t Press Me’ has been released and it follows neatly from the vibes heard on New Long Leg.
Speaking on ‘Don’t Press Me’ the band’s vocalist Florence Shaw shares “The words in the chorus came about because I was trying to write a song to sing to my own brain, “You are always fighting me / You are always stressing me out”.”
‘Don’t Step On Me’s’ animated video was created by Peter Millard whose naïve depictions of the band are perfectly in sync with the song’s hooks and riffs.
Stumpwork will be released on 21 October 2022. The South London-based group’s first studio album New Long Leg, recorded in just two weeks with producer John Parish at the iconic Rockfield Studios, became a huge critical and commercial success reaching #4 in the UK Album Charts and featuring in best-of-2021 polls across the board.
Buoyed by its success, Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dowse (guitar), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Florence Shaw (vocals) returned to rural Wales in late 2021, partnering once more with Parish and engineer Joe Jones. Working from a position of trust in the same studio and with the same team, imposter syndrome and anxiety was replaced by fresh freedom and openness to explore beyond an already rangy sonic palette and instilled a newfound confidence in their creative vision.
Stumpwork was inspired by a plethora of events, concepts, and political debacles over the past year. Surrealist lyrics remain at the forefront – but there is sensitivity now to the themes of family, money, politics, self-deprecation, and sensuality. Alt-rock fury combines with jangle pop and ambient noise demonstrating the band’s musicality and deep pool of influences.
Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
1. ‘Anna Calls From The Arctic’
2. ‘Kwenchy Kups’
3. ‘Gary Ashby’
4. ‘Driver’s Story’
5. ‘Hot Penny Day’
6. ‘Stumpwork’
7. ‘No Decent Shoes For Rain’
8. ‘Don’t Press Me’
9. ‘Conservative Hell’
10. ‘Liberty Log’
11. ‘Icebergs’
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