UK band Dry Cleaning, who are currently in the U.S. playing their first shows here, have signed with 4AD. The label will release the band’s debut album, which they’re working on now, later this year.

Dry Cleaning’s third album, Secret Love, isn’t a reinvention so much as a sharpening of the blade. After the wiry post-punk ...

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It’s a tale as old as time: Go to a karaoke bar, realize your friends are talented, start a band. Lewis Maynard, Tom Dowse and Nick Buxton started writing just instrumentals, then a few months later ...

For those who possess both the requisite drunken bravado and burning desire to maul Robbie Williams’ back catalogue, karaoke parties are rarely the start of something beautiful. Mistakes are made, ...

Dry Cleaning: the British band with the strangest lyrics in music Their tour-capping gig at the Camden Roundhouse showcased the post-punks’ unique, slouchy charm – and truly bizarre way with words 4/5 ...

They combine poetic melodies and the spoken word – with a wry commentary on the chaos of modern life. Dry Cleaning have taken inspiration from some surprising sources, including Meghan Markle, and ...