Dry Cleaning - "Gary Ashby"

Photo by Ben Rayner

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