Dry Cleaning – Boundary Road Snacks And Drinks & Sweet Princess LP blue

Guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton, and bassist Lewis Maynard had been friends and musical collaborators for years, and invited mutual friend Florence Shaw – a visual artist, picture researcher and drawing lecturer – to join the band in 2017. With clear musical influences from the Feelies, the Necessaries, the B52s and Pylon, and constrained by the small garage space they rehearsed in, Dry Cleaning were drawn to making simple music; direct and uncomplicated, anything superfluous left behind.

In March 2018, the group recorded their 6-track debut EP Sweet Princess with producer Kristian Craig Robinson in a single day. Two months later, they played their first live show and released the EP in August. Sweet Princess was a thrilling debut, its dizzying and restless instrumentals with Shaw’s sardonic vocals delivering a satirical collage of witty observations and social commentary. A further 6 songs in the form of the Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP quickly followed two months after. It was named in tribute to the band’s rehearsal space in Maynard’s family’s home, and to his mother Susan whose home-cooked meals sustained the four friends in between sessions. With singles like ‘Sit Down Meal’ and ‘Viking Hair’, Boundary is a powerful companion to Sweet Princess. They share a similar pent-up energy, unsurprising given they came to life in the same environment, an environment that had a huge influence on the band during those formative years.

Label: It's OK (2) – OK002, 4AD – 4AD0571LPE

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered, Blue

Country: UK, Europe & US

Released: Mar 8, 2024

Genre: Rock

Style: Indie Rock, Post-Punk

Boundary Road Snacks And Drinks

Tracklist

A1 Dog Proposal

A2 Viking Hair

A3 Spoils

A4 Jam After School

A5 Sombre One

A6 Sit Down Meal

Sweet Princess

B1 Goodnight

B2 New Job

B3 Magic Of Meghan

B4 Traditional Fish

B5 Phone Scam

B6 Conversation