Dry Cleaning have released a new single, “Sliced By a Fingernail.” The song comes with an unsettling visualizer by BULLYACHE, where a dancer takes frontperson Florence Shaw’s lyrics quite literally—“Do a headspin / When it’s a grubby round ball, grubby round ball”—by… spinning their head in circles on top of a basement washing machine? Watch the video below.
The track was inspired by illustrator Jooyoung Kim’s Welcome to My Life, a humorous picture book about a dog with a long body. “A lot of attention makes them feel sliced up. So they fantasize about being hidden inside a huge flower bud and about being anonymous in a crowd at night,” Shaw said in a press statement. “I thought about peony buds not opening and then browning, and their tightness.”
In addition to the single, Dry Cleaning have also revealed new tour dates in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, extending their already massive international trek in support of their third album, Secret Love. Scroll down to see the full itinerary.
Dry Cleaning:
04-07 Berlin, Germany – Festsaal Kreuzberg
04-09 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
04-10 Hamburg, Germany – Mojo Club
04-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
04-13 Brussels, Belgium – AB Box
04-14 Paris, France – Le Trianon
04-17 Dublin, Ireland – Vicar Street
04-18 Limerick, Ireland – Dolan’s
04-20 Cardiff, Wales – Tramshed
04-21 Birmingham, England – XOYO
04-22 London, England – O2 Brixton Academy
04-24 Glasgow, Scotland – SWG3 TV Studio
04-25 Manchester, England – New Century Hall
05-28 Brisbane, Australia – The Princess Theatre (Open Season)
05-29 Sydney, Australia – Sydney Opera House (Vivid LIVE) $
05-30 Melbourne, Australia – The Forum Theatre (RISING) #
06-02 Wellington, New Zealand – Meow Nui
06-03 Auckland, New Zealand – Hollywood Avondale
06-06 Fremantle, Australia – Arrival Festival
06-07 Ballarat, Australia – Civic Hall Ballarat
06-11 Hobart, Australia – Odeon Theatre (Dark Mofo)
06-24 Zagreb, Croatia – INmusic Festival
07-03 Kraggenburg, Netherlands – Wilde Weide Festival
07-11 Bruges, Belgium – Cactusfestival
07-24 Southwold, United Kingdom – Latitude Festival
07-31 Curraghmore, Ireland – All Together Now Festival
