New Long Leg (LP)
Dry Cleaning
Amoeba Review
British band Dry Cleaning has been garnering well-deserved attention for their artsy, angular rock songs with dry-humored spoken vocals. Their debut full-length, New Long Leg, features highlights like "Scratchcard Lanyard" with its dance-y rhythm and lines like "It'll be okay, I just need to be weird and hide for a bit and eat an old sandwich from my bag." Vocalist Florence Shaw's lyrics, which include overheard scraps of conversation, have a disjointed, stream-of-consciousness air that she intones with dramatic pauses like a poet, especially on the post-punk track, "Strong Feelings": "I’ve been thinking about eating that hot dog for hours" "That seems like a lot of garlic." Her monotone delivery on "Unsmart Lady" seems like a deliberate contrast to the raucous guitar sound. It's always exciting to hear a band that doesn't lend itself to obvious comparisons, especially when it sounds this good.
Track Listing
Side A Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
Scratchcard Lanyard
|
Dry Cleaning | 04:07 |
2.
Unsmart Lady
|
Dry Cleaning | 03:02 |
3.
Strong Feelings
|
Dry Cleaning | 04:05 |
4.
Leafy
|
Dry Cleaning | 03:09 |
5.
Her Hippo
|
Dry Cleaning | 04:38 |
Side B Titles |
Artist |
Length |
---|---|---|
1.
New Long Leg
|
Dry Cleaning | 04:13 |
2.
John Wick
|
Dry Cleaning | 03:26 |
3.
More Big Birds
|
Dry Cleaning | 04:08 |
4.
A.L.C
|
Dry Cleaning | 03:10 |
5.
Every Day Carry
|
Dry Cleaning | 07:39 |