The British post-punk band hones its hypnotic sound on an assured third album.

Florence Shaw doesn’t tell jokes. As the singer-lyricist for the British post-punk band Dry Cleaning, she speaks in fragments ...

Florence Shaw's post-punk seismographers pick up more weird vibrations on spotless third album. Read MOJO's 5-star review and ...

South London band Dry Cleaning are releasing a new album, Secret Love, this Friday via 4AD. Now they have shared its fourth ...

The South Londoners’ third album reaffirms their underlying ethos that the ordinary is worth mining for the extraordinary.

For years, Paste has introduced exciting, up-and-coming artists to our readers. This is the return of The Best of What’s Next, a monthly profile column which highlights new acts with big potential—the ...

South London band Dry Cleaning are releasing a new album, Secret Love, on January 9, 2026 via 4AD. Now they have shared its second single, “Cruise Ship Designer,” via a music video starring the band’s ...

Before we crowned them the Best of What’s Next in 2019 and before they put out back-to-back heavy-hitter records—New Long Leg and Stumpwork—in 2021 and 2022, Dry Cleaning formed in South London after ...

As always, see some of our favorite albums and songs in the Best New Music section. Plus, catch up every Saturday with 10 of ...

Ever since their initial EPs prompted us to name Dry Cleaning a Band To Watch, we were looking forward to how they might expand their sound across a debut album. With the infectious single ...

New Long Leg, the debut full-length by Dry Cleaning, opens with a jolt: insistent, slightly distorted synth drums, countered by a bludgeoning bassline. Then a voice, extremely British and extremely ...

“I think of myself as a hardy banana, with a waxy surface and small, delicate flowers,” Florence Shaw observes coolly toward the midpoint of the London band Dry Cleaning’s new single. She follows this ...