{"id":13083,"date":"2025-10-09T15:39:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wecb.live\/?p=13083"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:39:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:39:29","slug":"dry-cleaning-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry Cleaning is back."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Design by Addy Russel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Avery Piazza<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After reflecting upon what\u2019s been missing in life since 2023, I\u2019ve realized it\u2019s the lack of post-punk slam poetry over percussive bass and distorted guitar. This hole has been filled by the release of Dry Cleaning\u2019s new single \u201cHit My Head All Day,\u201d a preface to their new album Secret Love, which is set to release in January. After a nearly three year musical hiatus, the British band resurfaced with their familiar yet nuanced sound, feeling more grounded as opposed to their typical hoppy guitar. Vocalist, Florence Shaw, comes through at the start of the track with a confidently intimate whisper over a deep staccato baseline and a simple drilling snare beat. Shaw\u2019s abstract lyricism, reminiscent of Kim Gordon, sets a nihilistic tone at the top of the track \u2014 \u201cLife, a series of memorials and signals\/ Telling us this or that\u201d \u2014 before a brief interlude about the desired vegetables of a young horse, then settling into the repetitive chant of \u201cI simply must have experiences\/ Manipulate me, wiggle my arms.\u201d Dry Cleaning is back. As the new track builds, Shaw\u2019s low-registered lyrics float above an instrumental swell, flared with drawn out synths and an added distortion to the already droning guitar riff. It\u2019s the type of song that puts you in your own world, even in the midst of a crowded place, before you catch yourself staring with more intensity than you intended or absentmindedly syncing your walk to the beat. It feels like biding your time in fall until a much anticipated January\u2014the purgatory of Dry Cleaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Design by Addy Russel By Avery Piazza After reflecting upon what\u2019s been missing in life since 2023, I\u2019ve realized it\u2019s the lack of post-punk slam poetry over percussive bass and distorted guitar. This hole has been filled by the release of Dry Cleaning\u2019s new single \u201cHit My Head All Day,\u201d a preface to their new…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3669,"featured_media":13086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-13083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-single-review"],"yoast_head":"\nDry Cleaning is back. - wecb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dry Cleaning is back. - wecb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Design by Addy Russel By Avery Piazza After reflecting upon what\u2019s been missing in life since 2023, I\u2019ve realized it\u2019s the lack of post-punk slam poetry over percussive bass and distorted guitar. This hole has been filled by the release of Dry Cleaning\u2019s new single \u201cHit My Head All Day,\u201d a preface to their new...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"wecb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-09T19:39:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1050\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ellieabbey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ellieabbey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ellieabbey\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/736f3c02ed5a6f8b874489bf47cae5ce\"},\"headline\":\"Dry Cleaning is back.\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-09T19:39:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/\"},\"wordCount\":276,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Single Review\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/\",\"name\":\"Dry Cleaning is back. - wecb\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-09T19:39:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg\",\"width\":1050,\"height\":1050},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Dry Cleaning is back.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/\",\"name\":\"wecb\",\"description\":\"The Underground Sound of Emerson College\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization\",\"name\":\"wecb\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/BlIvEz0B_400x400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/BlIvEz0B_400x400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"wecb\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/736f3c02ed5a6f8b874489bf47cae5ce\",\"name\":\"ellieabbey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c3ac22e505b64097aed91c57921f753e05de9d9101557ae2fc3036f67c3772a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c3ac22e505b64097aed91c57921f753e05de9d9101557ae2fc3036f67c3772a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ellieabbey\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/author\/ellieabbey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Dry Cleaning is back. - wecb","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Dry Cleaning is back. - wecb","og_description":"Design by Addy Russel By Avery Piazza After reflecting upon what\u2019s been missing in life since 2023, I\u2019ve realized it\u2019s the lack of post-punk slam poetry over percussive bass and distorted guitar. This hole has been filled by the release of Dry Cleaning\u2019s new single \u201cHit My Head All Day,\u201d a preface to their new...","og_url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/","og_site_name":"wecb","article_published_time":"2025-10-09T19:39:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1050,"height":1050,"url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ellieabbey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ellieabbey","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/"},"author":{"name":"ellieabbey","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/736f3c02ed5a6f8b874489bf47cae5ce"},"headline":"Dry Cleaning is back.","datePublished":"2025-10-09T19:39:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/"},"wordCount":276,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg","keywords":["Single Review"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/","name":"Dry Cleaning is back. - wecb","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-09T19:39:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113.jpg","width":1050,"height":1050},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/dry-cleaning-is-back\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Dry Cleaning is back."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#website","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/","name":"wecb","description":"The Underground Sound of Emerson College","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#organization","name":"wecb","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/BlIvEz0B_400x400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/05\/BlIvEz0B_400x400.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"wecb"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/736f3c02ed5a6f8b874489bf47cae5ce","name":"ellieabbey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c3ac22e505b64097aed91c57921f753e05de9d9101557ae2fc3036f67c3772a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8c3ac22e505b64097aed91c57921f753e05de9d9101557ae2fc3036f67c3772a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ellieabbey"},"url":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/author\/ellieabbey\/"}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"Uncategorized"}],"post_tag":[{"value":37,"label":"Single Review"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/87\/2025\/10\/drycleaninginstagram-e1760039107113-1024x1024.jpg",1024,1024,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"ellieabbey","author_link":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/milkcrate\/author\/ellieabbey\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"Uncategorized","slug":"uncategorized","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":877,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":877,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Uncategorized","category_nicename":"uncategorized","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":37,"name":"Single Review","slug":"single-review","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":37,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":48,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3669"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgs.emerson.edu\/wecb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}