Dry Cleaning have shared fourth and final single ‘Joy’ from their forthcoming third album ‘Secret Love’, due out this Friday (09 January).

The track follows previous releases ‘Hit My Head All Day’, ‘Cruise Ship Designer’ and ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’.

With lyrics initially pieced together from adverts in Virginia Tech University’s History of Food and Drink archive, ‘Joy’ serves as a compassionate coach for those in desperate need of positivity and kindness. An optimistic sign-off for the album, it leaves listeners with a gentle reminder: “Don’t give up on being sweet.”

Dry Cleaning lead singer Florence Shaw commented, “Recently I’ve felt pessimistic about the world. The influence of what they call “the manosphere”, the genocide against Palestinians continuing despite huge protests, the rise of the racist Reform party in the UK, the promotion of AI in art and music. I wanted to try and stoke my drive to stay positive and spread softness and compassion. The wishes in the song have a naive quality.”

‘Joy’ is accompanied by BULLYACHE-choreographed visualiser starring the band’s very own Tom Dowse. He explains, “We were looking to get away from the longer form, narrative and impressionistic confines of a typical music video and give ourselves, friends and fans a way to respond to the music in a more expressive way that feels personal.

We’ve seen the vastly different ways people behave at our shows – pogoing singalongs, full wig-outs, lone figures inhabiting the sound in their own private universe. With that in mind, we asked Bullyache to design a set of moves to each song on Secret Love as a starting point for ourselves and others to mimic or interpret them in a fun and idiosyncratic way, regardless of technical ability.”

WATCH IT HERE:

‘Secret Love’ is the follow-up to 2021s ‘New Long Leg’ and 2022s ‘Stumpwork’.

To celebrate the new album’s release, the London outfit has teamed up with some of the UK’s best indie record stores for a series of outstore live performances. Starting on album release day, they’ll play shows in Brighton, London, Bristol, Leeds and Nottingham.

Additionally, listening parties will take place throughout the UK, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Mexico this week.

Dry Cleaning will embark on a headline tour this spring with dates scheduled across the UK & Ireland – full details below:

Dublin Vicar Street, 17 April
Limerick Dolans, 18
Cardiff Tramshed, 20
Birmingham XOYO, 21
London O2 Academy Brixton, 22
Glasgow SWG3 TV Studio, 24
Manchester New Century Hall, 25

Remaining tickets on sale now from Ticketmaster

LISTEN TO ALL FOUR SINGLES HERE:

‘Secret Love’ Full Album Tracklisting:

Hit My Head All Day
Cruise Ship Designer
My Soul / Half Pint
Secret Love (Concealed in a Drawing of a Boy)
Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit
Blood
Evil Evil Idiot
Rocks
The Cute Things
I Need You
Joy

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