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Dry Cleaning reissue their first two EPs, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks and SweetPrincess.Remastered to celebrate the release, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks and SweetPrincess will be pressed as one single CD LP.Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks will be available on cassette for the first time and willinclude an exclusive bonus track, a demo of New Long Leg single, Strong Feelings, recordedduring the sessions for Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks.After a prolific 18month period releasing two critically acclaimed John Parishproduced studioalbums, New Long Leg 2021 and Stumpwork 2022, as well as last years companionrelease the fivetrack Swampy EP, South Londons Dry Cleaning are taking a moment toreflect on their journey and pay homage to their roots.Dry Cleanings origin story is well known by now. Guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxtonand bassist Lewis Maynard had been friends and musical collaborators for years, and invitedmutual friend Florence Shaw a visual artist, picture researcher and drawing lecturer to jointhe band in 2017. With clear musical influences from the Feelies, the Necessaries, the B52sand Pylon, and constrained by the small garage space they rehearsed in, Dry Cleaning weredrawn to making simple music direct and uncomplicated, anything superfluous was left behind.By March 2018 the group had recorded the sixtrack debut Sweet Princess EP with producerKristian Craig Robinson at Total Refreshment Centre in a single day. Two months later, in May2018, the band played their first live show in Dalston at The Shacklewell Arms, and releasedthe EP in August. Sweet Princess was a thrilling debut, its dizzying and restless instrumentalswith Shaws sardonic vocals delivering a satirical collage of witty observations and socialcommentary.A further six songs in the form of the Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP quickly followedtwo months after. It was named in tribute to the bands rehearsal space in Maynards familysSouth London Sidcup home, and to his mother, Susan, whose homecooked meals sustainedthe four friends in between sessions. With singles like Sit Down Meal and Viking Hair,Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks is a powerful companion to Sweet Princess. They share asimilar pentup energy, unsurprising given they came to life in the same environment those EPswere created in, an environment that had a huge influence on the band during those formativeyears.Available to independent retailers on Transparent Blue coloured vinyl.
