Dry Cleaning will release their new album Secret Love, on January 9th via 4AD, ahead of the LP’s arrival, the UK band have shares lead single, “Hit My Head All Day.” Dry Cleaning includes close friends Florence Shaw, Tom Dowse, Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard.

The band’s new album is the follow-up to the band’s 2023 LP. Secret Love was born in Peckham rehearsal spaces, all four members writing, playing and responding to each other in the room: in Dry Cleaning, music and lyrics form an inseparable, generative whole. later with sessions at Jeff Tweedy’s Chicago studio, The Loft, and explosive ones with Gilla Band’s Alan Duggan and Daniel Fox at Sonic Studios in Dublin, taking advantage of the sonic particulars of each space, and finally, with Cate Le Bon at Black Box in the Loire Valley, Le Bon has produced albums for Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, Wilco and Horsegirl. “Being in a room with them and hearing that vitality and life force that exists between them all, it’s such a unique expression,” Le Bon says.

“Hit My Head All Day” about manipulation of the body and mind,” Florence explains. “The lyrics were initially inspired by the use of misinformation on social media by the far right. There are powerful people that seek to influence our behaviour for their own gain; to buy certain things, to vote a certain way. I find it hard to read people’s intentions and decide who to trust, even in everyday life. It’s easy to fall under the influence of a sinister stranger who seems like a friend. We took a playful approach to the song. At one point it had harmonica on it instead of a vocal. At the demo stage we were inspired by There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly and the Family Stone.” The song arrives with an accompanying visualiser featuring movement by choreographer dance duo BULLYACHE.

Dry Cleaning
Secret Love
Tracklist
4AD

1. Hit My Head All Day
2. Cruise Ship Designer
3. My Soul / Half Pint
4. Secret Love (Concealed in a Drawing of a Boy)
5. Let Me Grow and You’ll See the Fruit
6. Blood
7. Evil Evil Idiot
8. Rocks
9. The Cute Things
10. I Need You
11. Joy

Dry Cleaning 2025-2026 Tour Dates

Thu. Oct. 2 – New York, NY, Warsaw
Sat. Oct. 11 – Split, HR, Planet Dom Festival
Thu. Oct. 23 – Madrid, ES @ Barceló Theatre
Fri. Oct. 24 – Valencia, ES @ Loco Club
Sat. Oct. 25 – Barcelona, ES @ Paral.lel 62
Fri. Nov. 7 – Brighton, UK @ Mutations Festival
Sat. Nov. 8 – Bristol, UK @ Simple Things Festival
Sat. Jan. 3 – Bognor Regis, UK @ Rockaway Beach Festival
Wed. Apr. 22 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton

Pre-order Secret Love by Dry Cleaning HERE