[FRESH ALBUM] Dry Cleaning - Secret Love

59 points TerribleNameAmirite

This being produced by Cate Le Bon means that this sounds like an evil Cate Le Bon album (complimentary).

parent

9 points TheHelmetCow

Literally could not stop thinking about it being evil Cate Le Bon during my first listen

parent root
50 points JamesSparrow

stoked for this album. been a fan of theirs for a while and caught em live a couple times now with another coming this year.

highly recommend any fans to check out Life Without Buildings as well. similar vibe.

parent

8 points ZaneVonChocolate

Thanks for the recommendation. Loving their album so far

parent root

1 points Musashi1237

The Leanover by Life Without Buildings is one of my favorite songs

parent root
34 points VietRooster

ive never listened to dry cleaning before, beyond admiring their album artwork and shall start with this album for the hell of it

parent

52 points hooch

This unironically reads like a Dry Cleaning lyric

parent root
35 points maskapony

I'm guessing this album cover is the eye-bleach for the last one.

parent
31 points PollenPartyPaulie

Listening now. Absolutely adore Evil Evil Idiot

parent

6 points notdoingwellbitch

Definitely my favorite!! There’s so many good ones though I may change my mind

parent root

10 points PollenPartyPaulie

"Heating it up increases the likelihood that the chemicals inside will leach into your food and drink and into your body where they do their damage"

*sick guitar riff*

Holy shit, bars🔥

parent root

5 points notdoingwellbitch

One needs to enjoy life, and my only access route to blissful enjoyment is those burnt foods

parent root
13 points mikdaviswr07

Surprisingly Blues-ish and reoriented toward a less chaotic Fall or Birthday Party musical direction. Evil Evil Idiot is the standout. Blood is a great single.

parent

1 points Modestguy88

Holy shit this has my hype

parent root
10 points jkeller31

My Soul / Half Pint is the standout for me after the first listen. I don’t give a fuuuuck

parent

2 points couldliveinhope

When the piano comes back in ~2:09 and then shortly after that guitar solo... Hell yeah. I was a little bit underwhelmed by track 2, which turned out to be the weakest for me, but this confirmed the band still has it.

parent root

1 points RAG319

Yeah, this track smacks.

parent root

1 points FyuuR

It's amazing — seems it would've been perfect as a single, but I imagine they wanted to keep some surprises. Tom is such an inventive guitarist.

parent root
8 points leviticusintransit

i’ve been so excited for this album. i was listening to Her Hippo yesterday and was curious if anyone else picked up on the Secret Love lyric? adds another layer to the album!!

parent
7 points buckeyeguy248

Really digging this - absolutely rips

parent
9 points writingt

Fuck, I love them so much. So glad they’re back.

parent
7 points Oli_1278

this is great evil evil idiot and rocks are highlights for me on first listen, they really never miss.

parent
45 points Piwii999

I LOVE DRY CLEANING

I thought the singles were being released a bit too far off from release, but there's still a lot of surprises on the album. Blood -> The Cute Things blew me away, such variety of style. Just a really fun album

Very early AOTY for me for sure

parent

14 points swallowshotguns

First album I’ve listened to from this year, so I guess it is #1 right now

parent root

30 points JKBQWK

A bit early to call this AOTY

parent root

17 points Piwii999

RemindMe! 326 days

parent root

4 points JKBQWK

Godspeed

parent root

1 points RemindMeBot

I will be messaging you in 10 months on 2026-12-01 06:01:03 UTC to remind you of this link

CLICK THIS LINK to send a PM to also be reminded and to reduce spam.

^{Parent commenter can} ^{delete this message to hide from others.}

^Info ^Custom ^{Your Reminders} ^Feedback

parent root

4 points stereoworld

Well this is all that's passed of the year so far, so technically they're kind of correct /s

parent root

1 points remarkableremedy

It's like one of the first albums released haha

parent root
6 points monkeystore11

this is so great

parent
11 points bigontheinside

I'm enjoying this so far, but listening on earphones she sounds uncomfortably close to my ears lol.

parent

2 points infjetson

🗣️

parent root
5 points stereoworld

Interesting so far! Never heard of them before. Vocally, the singer kind of reminds me of Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne).

parent

2 points garlictaste

More like the band King Hannah in my opinion

parent root
7 points StraightIncrease6333

Let’s goooooo

Heartbroken they pulled out of the Atlanta show, but ah well

parent
4 points Will-Of-D-3D2Y

Wasn't a fan of Stumpwork which musically felt a bit flat compared to their debut but on first listen this sounds like they got their groove back.

parent

11 points MrMagpie91

Stumpwork grew on me so much that I might even prefer it to their debut.

Can't wait to listen to this one, the singles sound great.

parent root

6 points spanish787

Same. The guitar work on songs like Gary Ashby is beautiful. I still think the first two EPs are their best tho

parent root

1 points Lord-Fowls-Curse

I know people like Stumpwork. That’s actually the more common opinion about that album with those who like the band so it’s refreshing to read from those for whom it never really clicked.

As that is my feeling too.

parent root

2 points CumDwnHrNSayDat

Their debut is definitely more beloved

https://preview.redd.it/qdaezcvbwccg1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b26792d4299e6a4bc320f02b5b04d008a238c541

parent root

6 points wk_end

Stumpwork is the fan favourite - it's weirder and moodier and more emotionally sophisticated - but NLL is preferred by more casual listeners (of arty British post-punk) because it, plainly, kicks ass.

parent root

1 points Lord-Fowls-Curse

Oh. Well that restores my confidence in the world.

parent root
1 points [deleted]

[deleted]

parent

5 points trebb1

Check out their KEXP session and see for yourself.

parent root
1 points Used-Guidance-7935

Who is the artist who created the album cover?

parent

1 points postwhateverness

Erica Eyres.

parent root
0 points bimbochungo

Dissapointing imho. A "Meh" for me. It's a pity because I really liked their last album.

parent
-68 points niles_deerqueer

I am going to listen to this full album and give this band another chance but I do not understand why this is the vocal delivery. SING

parent

38 points bobsdementias

lol it’s one of the best parts about them. It’s just not for you

parent root

36 points petals_like_bricks

I feel like if the vocals weren't delivered as they are, no one would listen to Dry Cleaning and they'd be lost among the other contemporary post punk bands. This being said I love the vocal delivery.

parent root

40 points Guiltytoejam

The guitarist is immense tho

parent root

18 points Imasquash

The punchy front and center bass is also fucking amazing

parent root

5 points Ipad_Kidd

Makes the band honestly

parent root

15 points niles_deerqueer

I disagree, as their instrumentalists are very talented

parent root

7 points Pimpdaddysadness

Lou Reed

parent root

2 points CumDwnHrNSayDat

I like to imagine that you post the same comment on every rap artists new release

parent root

0 points niles_deerqueer

Nnnno.

parent root

-10 points DiligentEase2268

This is what stops me too. I don’t like the spoken word style vocals.

parent root