DRY CLEANING Secret Love (Indie Exclusive Edition 2026
UK/EU 11-track LP pressed on Apricot Vinyl. Secret
Love is Dry Cleaning's third studio album and their most cohesive
statement to date, produced by Cate Le Bon. Written collectively and
shaped through sessions in London, Chicago, Dublin and the Loire
Valley, the record refines the band's interplay between taut,
exploratory guitar work and Florence Shaw's precise spoken-word
delivery. Themes of trust, influence and uncertainty run throughout,
with opening track Hit My Head All Day setting the tone.
Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended).
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Dry Cleaning Secret Love - Apricot Vinyl - Indie Exclusive Edition - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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Secret Love is the finest expression yet of the profound friendships that created Dry Cleaning, between frontperson Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard. Here, the south London four-piece take their place in rock's avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence's delivery, meticulously calibrated to her bandmates' soundscapes, asserts her in a lineage of spoken-word artists stretching from Laurie Anderson to Life Without Buildings' Sue Tompkins.
The follow-up to Stumpwork started life 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. Secret Love evolved through affirming 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. After interviewing various potential producers, they picked Cate - an esteemed solo artist who has also made albums for Deerhunter, Devendra Banhart, Wilco and Horsegirl - for her unabashed positivity and openness. “Being in a room with them and hearing that vitality and life force that exists between them all, it's such a unique expression,” she says.
Trust is Secret Love's guiding theme, as signified by compulsively catchy 'Hit My Head All Day' which opens the album. Powered by pistons of breathy synths and cresting arcs of guitar, Florence's signature mix of absurdism and sensitivity, “The song is about manipulation of the body and mind. 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."
Side One
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
Side Two
1. Blood
2. Evil Evil Idiot
3. Rocks
4. The Cute Things
5. I Need You
6. Joy
“Secret Love is a wonderful album.” - MOJO's Album of the Month *****
“The most important British guitar band of their generation.” - Uncut
“Their best work yet.” - Record Collector's Album of the Month ****
“The most important album of 2026 before its even begun.” - The Standard
“It all works to powerful effect.” - The Guardian's Album of the Week ****
“Fantastically odd and quite affecting.” - The Sunday Times's Album of the Week ****
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Monday 12th January
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| Release date: |
OUT NOW! |
| Year of Release: |
2026 |
| Artist: |
Dry Cleaning (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Secret Love (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 24.99, US$ 33.49
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
4AD |
| Catalogue No: |
4AD0868LPE |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
09 January 2026
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
4R-LPSE882874 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
191400086807 |
| Genres: |
00s Artists, Art Rock, Indie, NME Indie/Alternative Artists, Post-Punk
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Dry Cleaning |
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UK/EU 11-track LP pressed on <span
style="color:#FBCEB1"><b>Apricot Vinyl</b></span>. <I>Secret
Love</I> is Dry Cleaning's third studio album and their most cohesive
statement to date, produced by Cate Le Bon. Written collectively and
shaped through sessions in London, Chicago, Dublin and the Loire
Valley, the record refines the band's interplay between taut,
exploratory guitar work and Florence Shaw's precise spoken-word
delivery. Themes of trust, influence and uncertainty run throughout,
with opening track <I>Hit My Head All Day</I> setting the tone.
Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory sealed. Recommended) )
