London's Dry Cleaning continue their crusade to become your favorite post punk/jangle pop band with their latest single. "Gary Ashby" combines the downbeat sound of Gang of Four with the more shoegaze and dream pop sounds of bands like Lush and Belly. The resulting sound gives "Gary Ashby" a hypnotically foreboding quality. It's also the greatest post punk song ever about a missing tortoise. Dry Cleaning explains that the song is “... a lament about a pet tortoise, escaped as a result of family chaos. We wrote it in December 2020, one of the first new songs after the New Long Leg session.”
You can listen to "Gary Ashby" below. Stumpwork is due out October 21 on 4AD, and can be pre-ordered here. For more on Dry Cleaning, check out the band on Facebook and Instagram. Upcoming tour dates are below the song.
Sat. Sept. 17 - Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Sun. Sept. 18 - Los Angeles, US @ Primavera Sound LA Tue. Sept. 20 - San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel Wed. Sept. 21 - San Jose, CA @ The Ritz Thu. Sept. 22 - Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Memorial Library Tue. Nov. 8 - Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo Wed. Nov. 9 - Cologne, DE @ Club Volta Fri. Nov. 11 - Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who? Festival Sat. Nov. 12 - Kortrijk, BE @ Sonic City Wed. Nov. 30 - Tokyo, JP @ Liquid Room Thu. Dec. 1 - Osaka, JP @ Club Quattro Tue. Dec. 6 - Auckland, NZ @ Tuning Fork Wed. Dec. 7 - Wellington, NZ @ San Fran Fri. Dec. 9 - Brisbane, AU @ The Brightside Sat. Dec. 10 - Meredith, AU @ Meredith Festival Mon. Dec. 12 - Melbourne, AU @ The Corner Hotel Tue. Dec. 13 - Melbourne, AU @ The Corner Hotel Wed. Dec. 14 - Sydney, AU @ Manning Bar Fri. Dec. 16 - Perth, AU @ Rosemount Hotel Tue. Jan. 10, 2023 - Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe Wed. Jan. 11, 2023 - Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Fri. Jan. 13, 2023 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall Sat. Jan 14, 2023 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Tue. Jan. 17, 2023 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Wed. Jan. 18, 2023 - Seattle, WA @ Neptune Thu. Jan. 19, 2023 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom Sat. Jan. 21, 2023 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall Mon. Jan. 23, 2023 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom Tue. Jan. 24, 2023 - Tucson, AZ @ Congress Plaza Thu. Jan. 26, 2023 - Dallas, TX @ Texas Theatre Fri. Jan. 27, 2023 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk Sat. Jan. 28, 2023 - New Orleans, LA @ Toulouse Theatre Sun. Jan. 29, 2023 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West Tue. Jan. 31, 2023 - Washington, DC @ The Howard Theatre Wed. Feb. 1, 2023 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer Thu. Feb. 2, 2023 - Brooklyn, NY @ Pioneers Works Tue. Feb. 14, 2023 - Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street Wed. Feb. 15, 2023 - Belfast, UK @ Mandela Hall Fri. Feb. 17, 2023 - Glasgow, UK @ Barrowlands Sat. Feb. 18, 2023 - Leeds, UK @ O2 Academy Mon. Feb. 20, 2023 - Liverpool, UK @ Invisible Wind Factory Tue. Feb. 21, 2023 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City Wed Feb. 22, 2023 - Sheffield, UK @ O2 Academy Fri. Feb. 24, 2023 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall Sat. Feb. 25, 2023 - Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute Sun. Feb. 26, 2023 - Bristol, UK @ O2 Academy Tue. Feb. 28, 2023 - Cardiff, UK @ Tramshed Wed. March 1, 2023 - Brighton, UK @ Chalk Fri. March 3, 2023 - London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton Mon. Mar. 13, 2023 - Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA Wed. Mar. 15, 2023 - Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Strand Thu. Mar. 16, 2023 - Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret Sat. Mar. 18, 2023 - Hamburg, DE @ Knust Sun. Mar. 19, 2023 - Groningen, NL @ Vera Mon. Mar. 20, 2023 - Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Tue. March 22, 2023 - Offenbach, DE @ Hafen2 Thu. Mar. 23, 2023 - Munich, DE @ Strom Fri. Mar. 24, 2023 - Vienna, AT @ Flex Fri. Mar. 25, 2023 - Prague, CZ @ Futurum Mon. Mar. 27, 2023 - Warsaw, PL @ Hybrydy Tue. Mar. 28, 2023 - Leipzig, DE @ UT Connewitz Wed. Mar. 29, 2023 - Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg Fri. Mar. 31, 2023 - Rotterdam, NL @ Maassilo Sat. Apr. 1, 2023 - Antwerp, BE @ Trix
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