Dry Cleaning are back with another new album. The London-based post-punk band will release Secret Love, their upcoming third LP, on January 9 via 4AD. They’re ringing in that news today by sharing the lead single “Hit My Head All Day,” which you can listen to below.
“The song is about manipulation of the body and mind,” explains singer Florence Shaw. “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 behavior 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.”
Secret Love is Dry Cleaning’s third studio album, following 2023’s Stumpwork. The four-piece fleshed out the 11-track album over a series of sessions around the world, beginning with a stop at Jeff Tweedy’s Chicago studio The Loft, and louder takes with Gilla Band’s Alan Duggan and Daniel Fox at Dublin’s Sonic Studios. In the end, Dry Cleaning tapped Cate Le Bon to produce the album, heading out to France’s remote Black Box to record with the experimental indie rock figure.
Dry Cleaning still have a handful of upcoming concerts on their docket as part of their ongoing 2025 tour. After a headlining set at Brooklyn’s Warsaw on October 2, the band will perform in Madrid, Barcelona, Brighton, London, and more European cities.
Revisit the Rising interview “Dry Cleaning’s Everyday Surrealism” and read about their debut New Long Leg at No. 50 in “The 100 Best Albums of the 2020s So Far.”
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Secret Love:
01 Hit My Head All Day
02 Cruise Ship Designer
03 My Soul / Half Pint
04 Secret Love (Concealed in a Drawing of a Boy)
05 Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit
06 Blood
07 Evil Evil Idiot
08 Rocks
09 The Cute Things
10 I Need You
11 Joy