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Dry Cleaning formed in South London in 2017 around vocalist Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, bassist Lewis Maynard, and drummer Nick Buxton. Dowse, Maynard, and Buxton had already played music together before inviting Shaw, a visual artist and lecturer with little previous band experience, to add spoken vocals. The combination of tightly wound guitar music and Shaw’s observational delivery quickly gave the group a sound unlike most of its post-punk contemporaries.
The band’s earliest recordings appeared on Sweet Princess, first self-released in 2018, and Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks in 2019. Those releases introduced songs including “Magic of Meghan,” “Goodnight,” “Sit Down Meal,” “Viking Hair,” and “Conversation.” After signing with 4AD, Dry Cleaning expanded that approach on the 2021 debut album New Long Leg, which included “Scratchcard Lanyard,” “Strong Feelings,” “Unsmart Lady,” “Her Hippo,” and “John Wick.”
Dry Cleaning followed with the non-album “Bug Eggs” and “Tony Speaks!” before releasing Stumpwork in 2022. The album moved through wiry post-punk, loose improvisation, folk-like textures, and stranger rhythmic spaces on songs including “Anna Calls From The Arctic,” “Gary Ashby,” “Don’t Press Me,” “No Decent Shoes For Rain,” and “Icebergs.” The 2023 Swampy EP gathered two outtakes and two official remixes alongside a demo, with the demo omitted from the song list below under the project’s normal A-to-Z rules.
The band returned in 2026 with Secret Love, produced by Cate Le Bon after sessions in London, Chicago, Dublin, and France. Its songs included “Hit My Head All Day,” “Cruise Ship Designer,” “Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit,” “Joy,” and “Secret Love (Concealed in a Drawing of a Boy).” A deluxe edition followed in July with “Sliced by a Fingernail,” “Grass,” and “I Have The Key,” extending a catalog that also includes the Grimes cover “Oblivion,” a live album, remixes, and special releases.
Complete List Of Dry Cleaning Songs From A to Z
A-F
- “A.L.C” – New Long Leg (2021)
- “Anna Calls From The Arctic” – Anna Calls From The Arctic single (2022), later included on Stumpwork (2022)
- “Blood” – Secret Love (2026)
- “Bug Eggs” – Bug Eggs/Tony Speaks! (2021)
- “Conservative Hell” – Stumpwork (2022)
- “Conversation” – Sweet Princess EP (2018)
- “Cruise Ship Designer” – Cruise Ship Designer single (2025), later included on Secret Love (2026)
- “Dog Proposal” – Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP (2019)
- “Don’t Press Me” – Don’t Press Me single (2022), later included on Stumpwork (2022)
- “Driver’s Story” – Stumpwork (2022)
- “Every Day Carry” – New Long Leg (2021)
- “Evil Evil Idiot” – Secret Love (2026)
G-L
- “Gary Ashby” – Gary Ashby single (2022), later included on Stumpwork (2022)
- “Gary Ashby (Nourished By Time Remix)” – Swampy EP (2023)
- “Goodnight” – Sweet Princess EP (2018)
- “Grass” – Secret Love (Deluxe Edition) (2026)
- “Her Hippo” – New Long Leg (2021)
- “Hit My Head All Day” – Hit My Head All Day single (2025), later included on Secret Love (2026)
- “Hot Penny Day” – Stumpwork (2022)
- “Hot Penny Day (Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul Remix)” – Swampy EP (2023)
- “I Have The Key” – Secret Love (Deluxe Edition) (2026)
- “I Need You” – Secret Love (2026)
- “Icebergs” – Stumpwork (2022)
- “Jam After School” – Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP (2019)
- “John Wick” – New Long Leg (2021)
- “Joy” – Joy single (2026), later included on Secret Love (2026)
- “Kwenchy Kups” – Stumpwork (2022)
- “Leafy” – New Long Leg (2021)
- “Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit” – Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit single (2025), later included on Secret Love (2026)
- “Liberty Log” – Stumpwork (2022)
M-R
- “Magic of Meghan” – Sweet Princess EP (2018)
- “More Big Birds” – New Long Leg (2021)
- “My Soul / Half Pint” – Secret Love (2026)
- “New Job” – Sweet Princess EP (2018)
- “New Long Leg” – New Long Leg (2021)
- “No Decent Shoes For Rain” – No Decent Shoes For Rain single (2022), later included on Stumpwork (2022)
- “Oblivion” – Bills & Aches & Blues (2021), Grimes cover
- “Phone Scam” – Sweet Princess EP (2018)
- “Rocks” – Secret Love (2026)
S-Z
- “Scratchcard Lanyard” – Scratchcard Lanyard single (2020), later included on New Long Leg (2021)
- “Secret Love (Concealed in a Drawing of a Boy)” – Secret Love (2026)
- “Sit Down Meal” – Sit Down Meal single (2019), later included on Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP (2019)
- “Sliced by a Fingernail” – Sliced by a Fingernail single (2026), later included on Secret Love (Deluxe Edition) (2026)
- “Sombre One” – Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP (2019)
- “Sombre Two” – Swampy / Sombre Two single (2023), later included on Swampy EP (2023)
- “Spoils” – Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP (2019)
- “Strong Feelings” – Strong Feelings single (2021), later included on New Long Leg (2021)
- “Stumpwork” – Stumpwork (2022)
- “Swampy” – Don’t Press Me 7-inch B-side (2022), later included on Swampy EP (2023)
- “The Cute Things” – Secret Love (2026)
- “Tony Speaks!” – Bug Eggs/Tony Speaks! (2021)
- “Traditional Fish” – Sweet Princess EP (2018)
- “Unsmart Lady” – Unsmart Lady single (2021), later included on New Long Leg (2021)
- “Viking Hair” – Viking Hair single (2019), later included on Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP (2019)
DRY CLEANING STUDIO ALBUMS
New Long Leg (2021)
Stumpwork (2022)
Secret Love (2026)
DRY CLEANING EXTENDED PLAYS
Sweet Princess (2018)
Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks (2019)
Swampy (2023)
DRY CLEANING LIVE ALBUMS
Live At Kentish Town Forum (2022)
DRY CLEANING COMPILATION ALBUMS
Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks / Sweet Princess (2019)
DRY CLEANING DEMO EPS
Tascam Tapes (2021)
DRY CLEANING DELUXE EDITIONS
Secret Love (Deluxe Edition) (2026)
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