Quickly becoming one of the year’s break-out new acts, Dry Cleaning garnered near universal acclaim for their debut EP, “Sweet Princess”. Wasting no time, the band are set to return with their second offering, Boundary Road Snacks And Drinks, when both EPs are pressed together on a 12″ vinyl out later this month. This week the band have detailed a headline tour for early next year, alongside sharing brand new single, Viking Hair.
Viking Hair is a tribute to passing attraction, how romantic ideas can spring into your head even when the person is just a stranger with particularly good hair, “she’s beautiful she’s got Viking hair, she’s a tragic heroine, I’m in love”.
This tale is interwoven with the sort of stream of consciousness lyricism that’s quickly becoming the bands trademark; the words seem easily distracted from the songs central narrative, like a modern mind unable to focus entirely on any one thing. Musically, it’s built around repetitive angular guitar lines and clattering drums beats, coming across like the middle ground of Arab Strap and Wire. Alternatively, like the band themselves, you might just be reminded of line-dancing and decide to go and film a video at your local..
Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks is out October 25th
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