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Dry Cleaning
Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks + Sweet Princess EP (2024 Reissue)
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Dry Cleaning's first two EPs, reissued together, with all tracks remastered.
South London’s Dry Cleaning are taking a moment to reflect on their journey and pay homage to their roots. By March 2018 the group had recorded the six-track debut EP 'Sweet Princess' with producer Kristian Craig Robinson at Total Refreshment Centre in a single day. Two months later, in May 2018, the band played their first live show in Dalston at the Shacklewell Arms, and released the EP in August. 'Sweet Princess' was a thrilling debut, its dizzying and restless instrumentals with Shaw’s sardonic vocals delivering a satirical collage of witty observations and social commentary.
A further 6 songs in the form of the 'Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks' EP quickly followed two months after. It was named in tribute to the band’s rehearsal space in Maynard’s family’s south London (Sidcup) home, and to his mother Susan whose home-cooked meals sustained the four friends in between sessions. With singles like ‘Sit Down Meal’ and ‘Viking Hair’, 'Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks' is a powerful companion to 'Sweet Princess'. They share a similar pent-up energy, unsurprising given they came to life in the same environment those EPs were created in, an environment that had a huge influence on the band during those formative years.
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