Dry Cleaning - "Let Me Grow and You'll See the Fruit"
Photo by Max Miechowski Post-punks Dry Cleaning are back with a new single that changes up their sound quite a bit. "Let Me Grow and You'll See the Fruit" is still a post-punk song, but according to the press release for the song, it's inspired by 60's folk artist Pentangle, 2001: A Space Odyssey , ancient Roman poet Virgil, Robyn Rocket, and Joanna Sternberg. This gives the song a certain 60's groove filled vibe, and is the most folky we've heard Dry Cleaning sound so far. It's a chilled out song that is lovely in its own way, but this is still a Dry Cleaning song, so there's an odd sense of darkness throughout the song. It also ends up sounding like their most mainstream and their most experimental song at the same time. Lyricist Florence Shaw says of the band's latest single: “The song is about hyper focus and loneliness. It’s confessional, like a diary entry, written in a stream of consciousness style." You can watch the video for ...