Dry Cleansing have launched their new album, Secret Love, the band’s third full-length. Whereas recording Secret Love, out by way of 4AD, the South London group recorded at numerous areas, together with Jeff Tweedy’s Chicago studio, The Loft, and Sonic Studios in Dublin, using how the sound would differ in every house.
For Secret Love, Dry Cleansing interviewed a number of producers however felt that Cate Le Bon (Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, Wilco) would steer them in the precise course. “Being in a room with them and listening to that vitality and life drive that exists between all of them, it’s such a singular expression,” Le Bon says.
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Ending the LP is “Pleasure,” a music providing optimism to those that want it most. “Not too long ago I’ve felt pessimistic in regards to the world,” vocalist Florence Shaw says. “The affect of what they name ‘the manosphere,’ the genocide in opposition to Palestinians persevering with regardless of big protests, the rise of the racist Reform celebration within the U.Ok., the promotion of AI in artwork and music. I wished to try to stoke my drive to remain optimistic and unfold softness and compassion. The needs within the music have a naive high quality.”
It comes with a visualizer that includes guitarist Tom Dowse, who’s choreographed by dance duo BULLYACHE. “We had been seeking to get away from the longer kind, narrative and impressionistic confines of a typical music video and provides ourselves, mates and followers a means to reply to the music in a extra expressive means that feels private,” Dowse says.”
With BULLYACHE’s steerage, the band will incorporate gestures and strikes when performing the file reside. “We’ve seen the vastly other ways individuals behave at our exhibits — pogoing singalongs, full wig-outs, lone figures inhabiting the sound in their very own non-public universe. With that in thoughts, we requested BULLYACHE to design a set of strikes to every music on Secret Love as a place to begin for ourselves and others to imitate or interpret them in a enjoyable and idiosyncratic means, no matter technical capacity.”
In help of Secret Love, Dry Cleansing will go on tour throughout the UK, Europe, and North America, with YHWH Nailgun. Take a look at the visualizer for “Pleasure,” stream Secret Love, and take a look at the 2026 tour dates under.
Dry Cleansing 2026 tour dates
01/09 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk
01/10 – London, UK @ Tough Commerce East
01/13 – Bristol, UK @ Unusual Brew
01/14 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell
01/15 – Nottingham, UK @ Metronome
04/07 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
04/09 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
04/10 – Hamburg, DE @ Mojo Membership
04/11 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
04/13 – Brussels, BE @ AB Field
04/14 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon
04/17 – Dublin, IR @ Vicar Road
04/18 – Limerick, IR @ Dolan’s
04/20 – Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed
04/21 – Birmingham, UK @ XOYO
04/22 – London, UK @ O2 Brixton Academy
04/24 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 TV Studio
04/25 – Manchester, UK @ New Century Corridor
04/30 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Corridor
05/01 – Toronto, ON @ Live performance Corridor
05/02 – Montréal, QC @ Foufounes Électriques
05/03 – Hudson, NY @ Basilica Hudson
05/05 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Membership
05/06 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Switch
05/07 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Metal
05/08 – Washington, DC @ Howard Theater
05/10 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
05/12 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
05/13 – Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
05/15 – Salt Lake Metropolis, UT @ Kilby Block Social gathering
05/16 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Ballroom
05/17 – Portland, OR @ Surprise Ballroom
05/18 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox
05/20 – San Francisco, CA @ August Corridor
05/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Belasco
05/22 – San Diego, CA @ Casbah
07/24 – Southwold, UK @ Latitude Pageant
