Listening to this in Feb 2021 just after the birth of my baby in the midst of covid. Listened to this song on repeat. Lyrics, tone, melody seemed to capture some kind of feeling, randomness, chaos and feeling EVERYTHING! And moving into a new era
Florence often channels this fun but dark persona and I think she enjoys playing this type of character. It's like Jodie Comer when she found it cathartic playing psychopathic assassin Villanelle in the TV show Killing Eve. Florence is a lovely person who has a laugh with the band and the audience between songs but during the songs it's as if she's in character or in her performance persona. It's great to watch her perform.
I just stumbled across this song. My daughter was listening to her playlist on auto and she'd left the room while i was cleaning the kitchen and after 20 seconds I had to stop to find out who it was. I LOVE this song. Reminds me of an 80s pop rhythm with a 90s indie sound.
What a band and what a vocalist. There's something magical in the way that they chose Florence Shaw to join them. They saw something in her. She was an artist and lecturer but they saw her as someone who was gifted enough to be the vocalist for the band. Whether she sang or spoke. They were right. What makes Dry Cleaning such an amazing band is you have this great music from the lads combined with the unique and wonderful lyrics of Florence Shaw.
perfect description. and going by your icon (and a fellow TMV fan): I can see how this sort of music attracts other TMV fans. the musicianship is just THERE.
Wow just wow... Dry Cleaning are the most interesting artists I've heard since Aldous Harding--another 4AD find. This band is giving me the same feeling I had when I got my first Bauhaus album in 1986 or when I bought Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation album in 1990. Hats off to these artists and to 4AD for finding them and having the courage to release this.
The level of perceptiveness and beautifully presented cynical observations in the lyrics combined with the expression, precision, realness and subtlety they are delivered with is just too much for my brain. AAAARGH! Too amazing!
This band are a breath of fresh air, and a proper break from the norm. Fantastic pace, vibe, lyrics, visuals and so much energy. What an outfit. Can't wait to see you all live!
this is the most brilliant music video i've seen in a long, long time. killer music, killer vision. brings me back to when people tried to make statements with their music videos.
Totally agree! So good to see an intelligent 'Official Video'. Visually/artistically , this picks up where Talking Heads left off in 1980. Musically, it's in a world of it's own.
The lyrics are wonderfully disjointed, I do wonder how Florence manages to remember them all without jumbling them up, especially when first performing them. Elevated spoken word. This stuff really is magikal :)
there may be hope for music yet! Dry Cleaning is a perfect example of that. if the world were to end in a few short weeks, I'd leave feeling glad I got to experience Scratchcard Lanyard (among other things of course)
Great deadpan vocal - c.f. early Jo Brand's stand up persona of "The Seamonster". Come for the wonderful video; return endlessly for the ace lyrics and superb riffage
In a weeks time I've come from deeply respecting the artisty of this band to falling in love with everything they do, this *IS* now my new favorite band.
As a rule, i usualy cant stand when singers sort of speak rythmically rather than sing. On paper, i should hate this song, but instead its downright my favorite. What a cool ass song! Couldnt be cooler!
Yeah it’s like she can’t stop hearing certain phrases on repeat in her head and they work their way into the art somehow. “Tokyo bouncy ball” “do everything, feel nothing” “a woman in aviators firing a bazooKA”, “why don’t you want oven chips?” I love this song more and more because of the lyrics.
Good observation. Check out their full performance on KEXP; during the interview portion she says overheard conversational fragments are the exact source of her lyrics, plus random Twitter and Instagram posts that she's stored away for whatever reason. Cool fucking band.
I laughed so hard when she said that line about oven chips. Dry Cleaning are so incredible and I'm thrilled that they're with a label who will know what to do with them.
@@LiamPorterFilms I agree wholeheartedly with you (at the expense of upsetting my Northern cousins haha). The line in the song is just so decidedly and uniquely English, which I think is perhaps the key strength of the lyrics. Not only are they consistently interesting, amusing or insightful, but they are all of those things in a way that is often completely unique to their origin. In a world that is so interconnected I find it fascinating to have a band who are so consistently and specifically from a certain time and place.
Most fans are from older age groups, according to the comments. We've been listening to this (or even far more radical) sort of music for decades. Youths are living in a different world now.
@@unakennelly What threw me was the lyrical content, which when it comes from other young artists, I find less relatable as I age. This (and others from their album) hits the bullseye.
Unbelievable! This band would fit perfectly 4AD's "Natures Mortes - Still Lives" compilation. And nobody would probably guess that they recorded their music almost 40 years later. We are back in the early 80's. Love it!
We first saw this at 2K views and thought it was mesmeric. Razor sharp bass and guitar and one of the most immersive videos in years. Heading to 500K views now and getting mainstream press. Good luck to them... they've clearly got the minerals.
Something about a song with a nice guitar and bass rhythm, catchy melody and lyrics spoken - not sung. Its mesmerising, and add the video, voila - great success.
can't get enough of the Bass & Guitar, the Guitarist reminds me of J. H. Scott in The Pretenders You could almost do anything as a vocalist over this Jam As a singer I think that's what is so great about it TBH
Theres a clever technique that's being used here. I noticed it listening to The Smiths where you've got a raw lead solid body guitar, then an acoustic playing broken open chords. It sounds really rhythmic
First heard this song and this band about 13 hours ago on Sirius XMU. Finally got to watch some videos. This one made me feel like I was back in 1982 to 1985 watching the early days of MTV. Great stuff! Keep it coming!
Saw them play this at Village Underground just before lockdown. Loved it then and Love it more now! This song is immense! Intelligence is back in music. Thank f**k!
I'm 71. Just saw them in Toronto. Love the band.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Dry Cleaning
Nice one! I’m 59….I also love this
and your age has what relevance ?
Here's a cookie
Did you have a good time? I would have probably been arrested for having too much fun.
"why don't you want oven chips now?" made me do a little embarassing snort-laugh. Love it.
as someone obsessed with both this band and tiny things, this video is just REALLY doing it for me
congratulations, finally the world fits you.
the same!!
I know, right?! They're everything! I, too, adore all that is tiny!!!
You have "Snow White Syndrome"
Needs more kitten
The guitar sound on this record is absolutely tremendous.
everything is so hypnotizing about this song. the nonchalant spoken word lyrics, the catchy guitar and bass riffs… *chefs kiss*
don't forget the subtle eyebrow raises and the inscrutable scowl, lol
One of the ones where it finishes only to immediately be played again and then again a few times the next morning.
Listening to this in Feb 2021 just after the birth of my baby in the midst of covid. Listened to this song on repeat. Lyrics, tone, melody seemed to capture some kind of feeling, randomness, chaos and feeling EVERYTHING! And moving into a new era
I get goosebumps everytime she says "One day you are gonna get it"
and then the "HA" that comes after is just the cherry on top
@@sunsetman22 Yesterday was the day that I got it, and it came with both a HA and a bazooka but no lanyard.
If you read the comments while the song is playing you get to this comment at the exact time it happens.
Florence often channels this fun but dark persona and I think she enjoys playing this type of character. It's like Jodie Comer when she found it cathartic playing psychopathic assassin Villanelle in the TV show Killing Eve. Florence is a lovely person who has a laugh with the band and the audience between songs but during the songs it's as if she's in character or in her performance persona. It's great to watch her perform.
You got a new coat, new hair, but I’ll tell you one thing
One day, you’re gonna get it
This song hit all the right buttons in my brain. Then I watched the video, and realized I had more buttons.
LOL I love this comment
All. The. Buttons.
You're hilarious!
Hahahaha. Perfect comment.
It's so good!¡!!!!!!!
You " Don't Have 2 " Scratch Beneath The Surface " In Order To Appreciate The " Brilliance Of " Dry Cleaning " !! From Adrian Browne 1965
"Well I tell you one thing; you've got it coming. One day you're gonna GEDDIT"
A chilling vision of things to come there.
I just stumbled across this song. My daughter was listening to her playlist on auto and she'd left the room while i was cleaning the kitchen and after 20 seconds I had to stop to find out who it was. I LOVE this song. Reminds me of an 80s pop rhythm with a 90s indie sound.
I’m a steeped-in-the-eighties new wave devotee and this delights me to the utmost degree.
4AD is an unparalleled curatorial musical force. For like 40 years.
Truth! One of the first CDs I ever bought was Come On Pilgrim (1987).
Absolutely!
@@BrendanMacWade Same here! Surfer Rosa & Come on Pilgrim were my downfall into this beautiful abyss...
Thanks for the heads-up. 😊
Well said. Awesome label!
Joy Division topped by Patti Smith poetry. Just spectacular.
utter hackneyed bollox.
What a band and what a vocalist. There's something magical in the way that they chose Florence Shaw to join them. They saw something in her. She was an artist and lecturer but they saw her as someone who was gifted enough to be the vocalist for the band. Whether she sang or spoke. They were right. What makes Dry Cleaning such an amazing band is you have this great music from the lads combined with the unique and wonderful lyrics of Florence Shaw.
So true!
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Dry Cleaning
It seems like she'd make a great actress, good looking too. What did she lecture in?
@@anneother6224 Graphics, Illustration, drawing ...
When you've known each other for years like this band before becoming a band there's already a great chemistry between them.
Just had the amazing pleasure of seeing them in San Francisco. They were outstanding. Florence Shaw was on my bucket list. Check!
It’s like spoken word poetry backed by tight musicianship, and for that reason sharks, I’m willing to invest.
just as many of us enjoyed with John Cooper Clarke & The Invisible Girls - back in the day.
@@davidtate8273 Spot on tie-in
perfect description.
and going by your icon (and a fellow TMV fan): I can see how this sort of music attracts other TMV fans. the musicianship is just THERE.
Buy low sell high!
The Fall meets Sonic Youth
Just met my Talking Heads, ND nerve. I just need to be weird and hard for a while, I came here to learn to mingle. No words...its love. Thank you x
This song is just chock full of kickass riffs
This album is chock full of kickass riffs
Not sure why, but the guitar work reminds me of INXS, The One Thing.
The guitar in background is worth following
Wow just wow... Dry Cleaning are the most interesting artists I've heard since Aldous Harding--another 4AD find. This band is giving me the same feeling I had when I got my first Bauhaus album in 1986 or when I bought Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation album in 1990. Hats off to these artists and to 4AD for finding them and having the courage to release this.
Pylon
Sonic Youth x Joy Division
I like the EPs and singles, but was completely underwhelmed by the LP-which is surprising being that I’m a huge fan of The Fall and Sonic youth.
The level of perceptiveness and beautifully presented cynical observations in the lyrics combined with the expression, precision, realness and subtlety they are delivered with is just too much for my brain. AAAARGH! Too amazing!
It’s a Life without buildings rip off
This band are a breath of fresh air, and a proper break from the norm. Fantastic pace, vibe, lyrics, visuals and so much energy. What an outfit. Can't wait to see you all live!
I love them.
Found this band during Covid. Love this band so much. I've seen them 4 times and can't wait til they tour again.
This entire album is my top go to listening album for the next lifetime.
Love their sound.
Stay Clean
I am that Hardy banana wearing aviators, dancing in my ceramic shoes 👠 ❤❤
She should be the narrator of every audiobook.
this is the most brilliant music video i've seen in a long, long time. killer music, killer vision. brings me back to when people tried to make statements with their music videos.
exactly - it's just the one idea. It reminds me of Michel Gondry.
Anyone read the transcript? Luverley.
I keep coming back here every few days to see this video again and again and again. It's even my profile pic on Facebook, just far too cool.
This is one of the smartest, most inventive music videos I've seen in a long long time. I am so onboard.
Agreed!
Totally agree! So good to see an intelligent 'Official Video'. Visually/artistically , this picks up where Talking Heads left off in 1980. Musically, it's in a world of it's own.
Me too, awesome video.
Different level, brilliant
Cleverish budget video, which is the standard nowadays. They would deserve more.than this.
absolutely brilliant. my favorite part is when she says menacingly 'you're going to get it' then an aggressive exhalation of breath. pure genius
A woman in aviators firing a bazooka ❤
"bahh-zew-kuh"
Love how she pronounces that.
@@LiamPorterFilms Deep down that's shallow.
I knew I wasn't the only one to like Dark Fate ;)
Is that not the way other people pronounce it?
I learned about Wet Leg and this band in a one-month span. I think I have what I need for the year.
now rediscover Dead Anyway
The lyrics are wonderfully disjointed, I do wonder how Florence manages to remember them all without jumbling them up, especially when first performing them. Elevated spoken word. This stuff really is magikal :)
Has a Sonic Youth thing. And that’s a good thing.
You mean kool thing :)
That riff, can't get enough of it 💗
Dry Cleaning is poetry in motion...literally & figuratively.
Some of the lines in this are just genius!....do everything and feel nothing!
Just when I thought great/original music was a thing of the past, this comes along and blows me away. Wow!!
there may be hope for music yet! Dry Cleaning is a perfect example of that. if the world were to end in a few short weeks, I'd leave feeling glad I got to experience Scratchcard Lanyard (among other things of course)
Hardly original. Don’t get me wrong I love their sound, but that’s because it’s directly taken from Sonic Youth and The Fall!
oh here's another one! arrogance and ignorance often go hand in hand
@@zeb1995 boo hoo, Paul sad.
Mr. Guitar player: Don't change a thing. Keep doing what you're doing.
just straight jam shredding. so good.
With 47 years of guitar experience, I agree 100%
loving the playing and the tone
@david calatayud Certainly less chaotic playing than At the Drive-In - which is not necessarily a bad thing. Great riffing and tone indeed.
yeah, good post punk guitarrist
Great deadpan vocal - c.f. early Jo Brand's stand up persona of "The Seamonster".
Come for the wonderful video; return endlessly for the ace lyrics and superb riffage
In a weeks time I've come from deeply respecting the artisty of this band to falling in love with everything they do, this *IS* now my new favorite band.
My brother recommended me this band a couple days ago. This is fucking awesome!
Have been loving this for a month now and can say, with some certainty, that the sharp exhale at 3:45 is the best bit of audio of 2020.
I have just listened to this like 10 times in a row, i’m so obsessed
As a rule, i usualy cant stand when singers sort of speak rythmically rather than sing. On paper, i should hate this song, but instead its downright my favorite. What a cool ass song! Couldnt be cooler!
i feel like the lyrics are just fragments of conversations, also it could not get more modern-british than the discussion over oven chips
Yeah it’s like she can’t stop hearing certain phrases on repeat in her head and they work their way into the art somehow. “Tokyo bouncy ball” “do everything, feel nothing” “a woman in aviators firing a bazooKA”, “why don’t you want oven chips?” I love this song more and more because of the lyrics.
Good observation. Check out their full performance on KEXP; during the interview portion she says overheard conversational fragments are the exact source of her lyrics, plus random Twitter and Instagram posts that she's stored away for whatever reason. Cool fucking band.
I laughed so hard when she said that line about oven chips. Dry Cleaning are so incredible and I'm thrilled that they're with a label who will know what to do with them.
@@ThatJoeGClift In my family we often mutinied against our parents for too many oven chips in the week... very boring food.
@@LiamPorterFilms I agree wholeheartedly with you (at the expense of upsetting my Northern cousins haha). The line in the song is just so decidedly and uniquely English, which I think is perhaps the key strength of the lyrics. Not only are they consistently interesting, amusing or insightful, but they are all of those things in a way that is often completely unique to their origin. In a world that is so interconnected I find it fascinating to have a band who are so consistently and specifically from a certain time and place.
So delishously enchanting, i'm gonna have another slice...
I feel like this is a song about someone simply checking into life, collecting experiences and marking off a list because that is what is expected.
That is literally what she does. Che collects conversations
I only found this band after hearing Florence on that new Sleaford mods track.fantastic stuff,she’s deadly. ✌️
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Dry Cleaning
@@MassiveFish-hp4pm nice 1,I’ll get on it….check out Sid Roams-zombie musik ( rite back At ya bro) ✌️
me too!
A killer.
I just heard this song on the radio. 2 minutes later I was looking it up on UA-cam. Already love this band. Wow.
that guitar "wwwaaaaAAHHH" before the solo was incredible.
came here sweeping the interwebs for inspiring videoclips ....i think im on the right path :D
Fuck it - this the best band I have heard in at least 10 years. It’s exhilarating...
these guys are great! check out black midi, squid, and black country new road if you haven't already
Check out the Drinks
Only heard them the first time Tuesday night - so excited about them!
Damn. I’m 61. I’m not supposed to like this stuff anymore. Damn. This is f***kin’ brilliant. Damn. Brilliant lyrics. Damn.
Most fans are from older age groups, according to the comments. We've been listening to this (or even far more radical) sort of music for decades. Youths are living in a different world now.
That's crazy - there's nothing you're not supposed to like! This is your youth - channelling late '70s/early '80s post punk. Glorious!
@@ipiap True - and a quick google search confirms to me that most of the virtual ink spilled about this band seems to be from older "critics."
@@unakennelly What threw me was the lyrical content, which when it comes from other young artists, I find less relatable as I age. This (and others from their album) hits the bullseye.
You can like any stuff at any time!
It's your life to do what you want!
Unbelievable! This band would fit perfectly 4AD's "Natures Mortes - Still Lives" compilation. And nobody would probably guess that they recorded their music almost 40 years later. We are back in the early 80's. Love it!
Why this is so good? I'm fascinated...
Already listened to it like 10 times today
Me too!
Same
I've listened to it only once, but I do it every day
Just the 5 times for me today, but it's only 9.30
Loved seeing you up at The Park at Glastonbury. I was the one who picked up the beach ball for this track. It was a Somerset bouncy ball.
We first saw this at 2K views and thought it was mesmeric. Razor sharp bass and guitar and one of the most immersive videos in years. Heading to 500K views now and getting mainstream press. Good luck to them... they've clearly got the minerals.
500k views, probably 50,000 people. You can't listen to this only once.
...what a great synthesis of art, music and humor ... I love it!
guitarist is truly a string beast!
simply brill in every way...particularly the ceramic shoe
That was a ride! Superb!
Reminds me a bit of the Cocteau Twins from around 1981. Brilliant. Loving all of their songs.
Is there a limit to how many times someone can legally listen to this video in one day? I may have a problem.
You might like a band called The Doublejumps if you like listening to Dry Cleaning
This track, and the video, just really capture a bitter feeling. Absolute genius.
I could listen to her voice for hours and hours.
I didn't think I could enjoy guitar music anymore, but here we are.
I need more music with London accent ... it sounds so special .
Thats the most original and refreshingly different song/film Ive watched in a long long time. Bravo. Oh and she looks like Bowie near the end.
yeah Bowie but also Sinead!
There is something beautiful about this band.
I’m obsessed ❤
Love that song regards mike ❤
This made blood flow into new parts of my brain.
her skin is so clear and well taken care of
Yo I'm OBSESSED with the guitars wtf
So glad i watched a Wet Leg video because now awesome shit is poppin up on my feed
Dry Cleaning are so much better, especially the first two EPs
Those dolls are having the time of their lives, hope to safely dance to Dry Cleaning live one day as well.
what a great band, i saw them on monday in the EKKO utrecht, really fantastic.
“I love these mighty oaks, don’t you ?
I don't know, I've just come here to make a ceramic shoe.
It's so Brighton, UK. It relates to an actual place...so fun 😁
Feel everything and do nothing.
Such a good lineeee
I do
Florence & The Cleaning Machine
Tuff City Radio (90.1FM) just played this song, and I'm your newest fan!
Heard this on 6 music, where else!!!!!
great video, and such a new refreshing sound-Brilliant
I love the concept and the puppets dancing around!
They’ll be lots who won’t like this , but i think DC are just mind blowing. We so need this energy now .
Can’t imagine how anyone couldn‘t get addicted to this awesome work of art.
@@charlottelange3859 then you need to open your mind
This video cought my attention before, and then a clip from Glastonbury festival appeared with the same band. Definatly a band to watch
Something about a song with a nice guitar and bass rhythm, catchy melody and lyrics spoken - not sung. Its mesmerising, and add the video, voila - great success.
can't get enough of the Bass & Guitar,
the Guitarist reminds me of J. H. Scott in The Pretenders
You could almost do anything as a vocalist over this Jam
As a singer I think that's what is so great about it TBH
love the way she says 'child chat.'
Quite astonishing. I'm so glad there are bands making music like this still these days. Fucking marvellous.
Theres a clever technique that's being used here. I noticed it listening to The Smiths where you've got a raw lead solid body guitar, then an acoustic playing broken open chords. It sounds really rhythmic
Yup, slightly hidden in the mix - in "Her Hippo" too. Really effective. + tambourine too.
I cannot comprehend how a spoken vocal line can be so damn catchy. Does anyone else get bits of Dry Cleaning lyrics stuck in their head on repeat?
yeah definitely, the Tokyo, Oslo, Rio bouncy ball line has been stuck in my head all day.
Never talk about your ex
never, never, never, never, never slag them off
The dark droning ...the end is near...mixed with folly! Luv it! Have a nice day people!
Yes and for the rest of my life.
I’m smiling constantly and people constantly step on me
First heard this song and this band about 13 hours ago on Sirius XMU. Finally got to watch some videos. This one made me feel like I was back in 1982 to 1985 watching the early days of MTV. Great stuff! Keep it coming!
Damn, just patting myself on the back for finally finding some "new" music that I like, and now you tell me it's old-fashioned so of course I do
Ok. Am i the only one that reminds Chrissie Hynde hearing this voice??
I've heard the song loads and absolutely love it, but with the video it's another level of great!!
4AD delivering quality! Since early 80's! Thank you, obrigado!
There's something intriguing about this performance art project and the guitars are nice.
Love watching the guy on the left play his guitar
Me too.
This is like spanking brand new The Blue Aeroplanes albums :) :) Love you so much, Dry Cleaning. :) :) 4AD 4ever :) :)
Saw them play this at Village Underground just before lockdown. Loved it then and Love it more now! This song is immense! Intelligence is back in music. Thank f**k!
Intelligent,Tokyo bouncing ball?
I'm in love with this womans expressions