{"id":136521,"date":"2025-11-12T23:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/136521\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T23:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:15:08","slug":"dry-cleaning-share-wiry-deadpan-single-cruise-ship-designer-and-announce-intimate-uk-outstore-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/136521\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry Cleaning share wiry, deadpan single ‘Cruise Ship Designer’ and announce intimate UK outstore shows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dry Cleaning<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0released the wiry new single \u2018Cruise Ship Designer\u2019 and announced a run of intimate UK\u00a0outstore\u00a0shows.<\/p>\n

The South London band\u00a0are preparing to release their third studio album \u2018Secret Love\u2019 on January 9<\/a>\u00a0via 4AD, the follow-up to 2022\u2019s \u2018Stumpwork<\/a>\u2019. You can pre-save\/pre-order your copy\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They have already shared the lead single \u2018Hit My Head All Day<\/a>\u2019, and now they have given fans another taste of the record with \u2018Cruise Ship Designer\u2019,\u00a0a track that shows off the band\u2019s trademark deadpan spoke-sung vocals and fidgeting, post-punk guitar spikiness.<\/p>\n

The song\u2019s video sees bassist Lewis Maynard dancing his way through the track, with choreography from BULLYACHE. Watch here:<\/p>\n

Vocalist Florence Shaw has said: \u201cThe song is about a cruise ship and hotel designer who\u2019s skilled and paid well, but who doesn\u2019t believe his role has real worth. He tries to enjoy it, and invests himself in meeting the challenges of the job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last month,\u00a0the band announced a run of headline shows for the UK,\u00a0Europe\u00a0and North America for 2026<\/a>, kicking off in Chicago on January 23 and\u00a0concluding with\u00a0dates around the UK in\u00a0April. See\u00a0all of\u00a0those dates\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and find any remaining tickets\u00a0here<\/a>. They have also been announced for Latitude 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, they have added an extra run of\u00a0outstore\u00a0shows across the UK in January,\u00a0including at\u00a0Brighton\u2019s Chalk, London\u2019s Rough Trade East, Bristol\u2019s Strange\u00a0Brew,\u00a0Leeds\u2019\u00a0Brudenell and Nottingham\u2019s Metronome. Tickets for those are on sale\u00a0now\u00a0and you can find yours\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dry Cleaning\u2019s\u00a0outstore\u00a0dates are:\u00a0<\/p>\n

JANUARY 2026\u00a0
3 \u2013 Bognor Regis, Rockaway Beach Festival\u00a0
9 \u2013 Brighton, Chalk (Resident)\u00a0
10 \u2013 London, Rough Trade East\u00a0
13 \u2013 Bristol, Strange Brew (Rough Trade)\u00a0
14 \u2013 Leeds, Brudenell (Crash)\u00a0
15 \u2013 Nottingham, Metronome (Rough Trade)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shaw wrote the new LP in various practice rooms with her bandmates \u2013 guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick\u00a0Buxton\u00a0and bassist Maynard \u2013 with production coming from\u00a0Cate Le Bon\u00a0<\/a>(Deerhunter<\/a>,\u00a0Devendra Banhart<\/a>,\u00a0Wilco<\/a>,\u00a0Horsegirl<\/a>).<\/p>\n

She has also said she took suggestions from the other members this time around, rather than sticking to a preconceived plan. \u201cIf I want things to be more open or blunter, a bit less sophisticated, that would be helped by not allowing myself to ringfence the whole thing,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Early last year,\u00a0Dry Cleaning won the Best Recording Package award at the Grammys for their \u2018Stumpwork\u2019 album artwork<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NME\u00a0gave the LP a glowing five-star review<\/a>, describing it as \u201ca record that, when given the requisite time and attention, offers unfathomable depths to explore\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dry Cleaning\u00a0have\u00a0released the wiry new single \u2018Cruise Ship Designer\u2019 and announced a run of intimate UK\u00a0outstore\u00a0shows. The South…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,636,60,15533,278,79030],"class_list":{"0":"post-136521","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-indie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-live-music-news","13":"tag-music","14":"tag-post-punk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}