{"product_id":"dry-cleaning-boundary-road-snacks-and-drinks-sweet-princess","title":"Dry Cleaning - Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks + Sweet Princess","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDry Cleaning will reissue their first two EPs, \u003cem\u003eBoundary Road Snacks and Drinks \/ Sweet Princess, \u003c\/em\u003eon 8 March 2024. Remastered to celebrate the release, \u003cem\u003eBoundary Road Snacks and Drinks \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSweet Princess \u003c\/em\u003ewill be pressed as one single vinyl. The former will be available on cassette for the first time and include an exclusive bonus single, a demo of \u003cem\u003eNew Long Leg \u003c\/em\u003esingle, ‘Strong Feelings’, recorded during the sessions for \u003cem\u003eBoundary Road Snacks and Drinks\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAfter a prolific 18-month period releasing two critically acclaimed John Parish-produced studio albums, \u003cem\u003eNew Long Leg\u003c\/em\u003e (2021) and \u003cem\u003eStumpwork\u003c\/em\u003e (2022), as well as last year’s companion release the five-track \u003cem\u003eSwampy\u003c\/em\u003e EP, South London’s Dry Cleaning are taking a moment to reflect on their journey and pay homage to their roots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDry Cleaning’s origin story is well known by now. 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 was left behind. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBy March 2018 the group had recorded the six-track debut EP \u003cem\u003eSweet Princess\u003c\/em\u003e with producer Kristian Craig Robinson at Total Refreshment Centre in a single day. Two months later, in May 2018, the band played their first live show in Dalston at the Shacklewell Arms, and released the EP in August. \u003cem\u003eSweet Princess\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eBoundary Road Snacks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e and Drinks\u003c\/em\u003e EP quickly followed two months after. It was named in tribute to the band’s rehearsal space in Maynard’s family’s south London (Sidcup) 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’, \u003cem\u003eBoundary Road Snacks and Drinks\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful companion to \u003cem\u003eSweet Princess\u003c\/em\u003e. They share a similar pent-up energy, unsurprising given they came to life in the same environment those EPs were created in, an environment that had a huge influence on the band during those formative years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailable on limited transparent blue vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTracklisting:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cu\u003eBoundary Road Snacks and Drinks:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eDog Proposal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eViking Hair\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSpoils\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eJam After School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSombre One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSit Down Meal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cu\u003eSweet Princess:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eGoodnight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNew Job\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMagic of Meghan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTraditional Fish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePhone Scam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eConversation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":47914523197751,"sku":"","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0342\/2497\/files\/Screenshot2024-01-16at11.55.17.png?v=1705406169","url":"https:\/\/www.southrecordshop.com\/products\/dry-cleaning-boundary-road-snacks-and-drinks-sweet-princess","provider":"South Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}