Today, Dry Cleaning share ‘Cruise Ship Designer’, the second single from their new album Secret Love, out 9 January 2026. The new track follows lead single ‘Hit My Head All Day’ and arrives alongside a music video featuring the band’s Lewis Maynard performing a dance routine choreographed for the track by BULLYACHE. ‘Cruise Ship Designer’ is a classic Dry Cleaning pop song sung from the perspective of a nautical entrepreneur who has deluded himself that his work serves society, its perky careerism also channelling some of XTC’s ‘Making Plans for Nigel’.
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“Dry Cleaning provide a voice for people who are at their wits’ end but not yet beyond a wry smile at the absurdity of modern life.” – Crack
“They’re one of a kind.” – NME *****
“Dry Cleaning is one of the best living bands.” – Paste
“It’s good to have them back.” – THE FACE
Vocalist and lyrcists Florence Shaw elaborates: “The song is about a cruise ship and hotel designer who’s skilled and paid well, but who doesn’t believe his role has real worth. He tries to enjoy it, and invests himself in meeting the challenges of the job.”
Today, the band also announce a run of outstore performances across the UK for January 2026. Ticket bundles are available via the bands website and will go on sale at 10am GMT tomorrow, Wednesday 12 November. See outstore dates below, and for tickets head here.
The outstore run precedes an extensive North American, European and UK tour that includes the group’s biggest headline shows at LA’s Wiltern and London’s O2 Academy Brixton. YHWH Nailgun will open on Dry Cleaning’s North American leg. Tickets are available now – for more information head to the band’s website here, and see below for the full list of dates.
DRY CLEANING TOUR DATES
October
23rd – Barceló Theatre, Madrid, Spain
24th – Loco Club, Valencia, Spain
25th – Paral.lel 62, Barcelona, Spain
November
7th – Mutations Festival, Brighton, UK
8th – Simple Things Festival, Bristol, UK
January
3rd – Rockaway Beach Festival, Bognor Regis, UK
23rd – Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL, US
26th – Concert Hall, Toronto, Canada *
27th – Le National, Montreal, Canada *
29th – Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn, NY *
31st – Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY *
February
1st – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA *
3rd – Black Cat, Washington, DC *
4th – The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC *
5th – Basement East, Nashville, TN *
6th – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA *
7th – Saturn, Birmingham, AL *
9th – Texas Theatre, Dallas, TX *
10th – Radio/East, Austin, TX *
12th – Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ *
13th – The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA *
15th – Casbah, San Diego, CA *
16th – Casbah, San Diego, CA *
18th – The Filmore, San Francisco, CA*
19th – Gundlach Bundchu, Sonomo, CA *
21st – Showbox, Seattle, WA *
22nd – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR *
April
7th – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
9th – Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
10th – Mojo Club, Hamburg, Germany
11th – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
13th – AB Box, Brussels, Belgium
14th – Le Trianon, Paris, France
17th – Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland
18th – Dolan’s, Limerick, Ireland
20th – Tramshed, Cardiff, UK
21st – XOYO, Birmingham, UK
22nd – O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
24th – SWG3 TV Studio, Glasgow, UK
25h – New Century Hall, Manchester, UK
* with YHWH Nailgun