Dry Cleaning release ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’, the third single/video from their new album, Secret Love, out 9th January.
Following ‘Cruise Ship Designer’ and ‘Hit My Head All Day’, today’s single offers a gentler side to Dry Cleaning. ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’ was one of the first songs written for Secret Love and is inspired by 60s folk act Pentangle, 2001: A Space Odyssey, ancient Roman poet Virgil, Robyn Rocket, and Joanna Sternberg.
Lyricist Florence Shaw says, “The song is about hyper focus and loneliness. It’s confessional, like a diary entry, written in a stream of consciousness style.“
+ Listen to ‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’ on digital platforms now +
+ Pre-order Secret Love from the 4AD Store on limited Apricot LP, standard black LP, CD and cassette here +
LP purchases will receive a free signed photo print whilst stocks last
‘Let Me Grow and You’ll See The Fruit’ is accompanied by another BULLYACHE-choreographed dance video, this time with Chicago-based experimental jazz and metal musician Bruce Lamont taking centre-stage. Lamont’s saxophone contribution can be heard throughout much of ‘Let Me Grow…’.
Secret Love is the finest expression yet of the profound friendships between frontperson Florence Shaw, guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton and bassist Lewis Maynard. Here, the south London four-piece take their place in rock’s avant garde, catalysing the Reaganite paranoia of early 80s US punk and hardcore with the dry strut of Keith Richards, stoner rock, dystopian degradation, playful no wave and pastoral fingerpicking, while Florence’s delivery, meticulously calibrated to her bandmates’ soundscapes, asserts her in a lineage of spoken-word artists stretching from Laurie Anderson to Life Without Buildings’ Sue Tompkins.
Alongside this announcement, the band are announcing the rescheduling of their North American tour dates, and have issued a statement about this decision:
Aside from the great pleasure of sharing ‘Let Me Grow…’ with you all today, it is with heavy hearts that we must also share some important news.
We have had to make the difficult decision to move our Jan/Feb ‘26 US tour to May. This is due to a number of factors, not least of which the increasingly hostile economic forces that govern touring in the present day.
Thankfully we have managed to reschedule the majority of the original shows and all tickets will remain valid, if that suits you, and refunds available if it does not. Regrettably, we have been unable to make this work for all dates due to the shortened routing. Refunds will be available from your place of purchase and we will do everything in our power to play for you as soon as we can.
Thank you for your patience and continued support. Love, D.C
Dry Cleaning Tour Dates (New Dates in Bold)
January
3rd – Rockaway Beach Festival, Bognor Regis, UK
9th – Chalk (Resident), Brighton, UK
10th – Rough Trade East, London, UK
13th – Strange Brew (Rough Trade), Bristol, UK
14th – Brudenell (Crash), Leeds, UK
15th – Metronome (Rough Trade), Nottingham, UK
April
7th – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
9th – Vega, Copenhagen, DK
10th – Mojo Club, Hamburg, DE
11th – Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
13th – AB Box, Brussels, BE
14th – Le Trianon, Paris, FR
17th – Vicar Street, Dublin, IR
18th – Dolan’s, Limerick, IR
20th – Tramshed, Cardiff, UK
21st – XOYO, Birmingham, UK
22nd – O2 Brixton Academy, London, UK
24th – SWG3 TV Studio, Glasgow, UK
25th – New Century Hall, Manchester, UK
30th – Thalia Hall, Chicago, IL %
May
1st – Concert Hall, Toronto, ON %
2nd – Foufounes Électriques, Montreal, QC %
3rd – Basilica Hudson, Hudson, NY%
5th – Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA %
6th – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA %
7th – Brooklyn Streel, Brooklyn, NY
8th – Howard Theater, Washington, DC
10th – Basement East, Nashville, TN
12th – Slowdown, Omaha, NE
13th – Meow Wolf, Denver, CO
15th – Kilby Block Party, Salt Lake City, UT
16th – Shrine Ballroom, Boise, ID
17th – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
18th – Showbox, Seattle, WA
20th – August Hall, San Francisco, CA
21st – The Belasco, Los Angeles, CA
22nd – Casbah, San Diego, CA
% = w/ YHWH Nailgun