New Long Leg
by Dry Cleaning
  • Record Label: 4AD
  • Release Date: Apr 2, 2021
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 39 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 39
  3. Negative: 2 out of 39
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  1. 997redneck
    Apr 3, 2021
    1
    How old are you reviewers? Have you ever heard music from the 80's? The music on this is okay. The singing[really?] is like a woman reading the back of a sleeping pill medicine bottle with no emotion. Bad Marianne Faithful rip off. Wonder what her vocal warm ups are like? This album is flipping horrible.
  2. Ricko
    May 19, 2021
    7
    It sounds good on first listen but it's only after half a dozen listens or so that it really started to bed in with me. The vocal delivery works perfectly with the overall sound. Like a mix of spices coming together to make one taste, the different elements of Dry Cleaning are all equally crucial to the creation a deceptively simple yet unique sound. Album opener Scratchyard Lanyard is theIt sounds good on first listen but it's only after half a dozen listens or so that it really started to bed in with me. The vocal delivery works perfectly with the overall sound. Like a mix of spices coming together to make one taste, the different elements of Dry Cleaning are all equally crucial to the creation a deceptively simple yet unique sound. Album opener Scratchyard Lanyard is the album highlight for me with the cutting line "Do Everything, Feel Nothing". The rest of the album is in a similar vain, really engaging and some great hooks and riffs accompanying a really interesting collage of seemingly random lyrics.… Expand
  3. All_ButTrU4
    Oct 28, 2021
    5
    Sarcastic,conversational and funny. The debut burst forward so casually you barely get the opportunity to realize what exactly you just witnessed. Wearing their guitar rock influences on their sleeves they almost channel sonic youth at its heights. But midway it begins to feel tiresome and despite the satisfying guitar work its far from something I'd revisit. Favourites:scratchcardSarcastic,conversational and funny. The debut burst forward so casually you barely get the opportunity to realize what exactly you just witnessed. Wearing their guitar rock influences on their sleeves they almost channel sonic youth at its heights. But midway it begins to feel tiresome and despite the satisfying guitar work its far from something I'd revisit. Favourites:scratchcard laynard,unsmart lady,john wick… Expand
  4. RFResnick
    Apr 27, 2021
    9
    When the single Scratchcard Lanyard first played on my streaming service, I was stopped in my tracks. Whoa! This is, er, different. A world-weary woman speaking in riddles over punchy guitars. Hmm. I wasn't so sure.

    After a couple more plays, I was hooked. Though Dry Cleaning obviously isn't the first to employ this style, the music feels remarkably fresh. I'm still not sure what    When the single Scratchcard Lanyard first played on my streaming service, I was stopped in my tracks. Whoa! This is, er, different. A world-weary woman speaking in riddles over punchy guitars. Hmm. I wasn't so sure.

    After a couple more plays, I was hooked. Though Dry Cleaning obviously isn't the first to employ this style, the music feels remarkably fresh. I'm still not sure what vocalist Florence Shaw is talking about, but it seems terribly clever, and I love the delivery.

    Happily, the debut album has multiple additional amazing songs: Strong Feelings, Her Hippo, New Long Leg, John Wick ... I've been playing this album on repeat for over a week now.

    As it turns out, Dry Cleaning's two pre-LP EPs are also terrific. I'm on the bandwagon and can't wait to catch them live in the post-pandemic future.    … Expand
  5. juanpmonge
    May 13, 2021
    10
    This album is so cool. The way she "sings" highlights the amazing guitar work! There's not one bad track. Impeccable. Best album of the year so far.
  6. spongki
    Dec 15, 2021
    7
    The debut album of Dry Cleaning, one of the emerging bands in the post-punk paradigm of the last decade. They present New Long Leg, an album with a lot of promise but still a long way to go. First and foremost, the sound that this material exhibits is already classic within post-punk; even if we include modern bands like Squid and company, who are defining said sound with aspects of MathThe debut album of Dry Cleaning, one of the emerging bands in the post-punk paradigm of the last decade. They present New Long Leg, an album with a lot of promise but still a long way to go. First and foremost, the sound that this material exhibits is already classic within post-punk; even if we include modern bands like Squid and company, who are defining said sound with aspects of Math Rock, Post-Rock, and so on, Dry Cleaning still traditional in terms of sound. This isn't to say that its sound isn't appropriate; it simply means that it lacks the variety that it could have.… Expand
  7. Ffaj
    Jul 12, 2022
    9
    Отличный альбом. Пост-панк в духе Fall, немного Sonic Youth, Флоренс Шоу классная вокалистка, дебют удался, за 2021 год для меня Dry Cleaning – настоящее открытие. Лирика очень странная, но музыка тут превыше всего.

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86

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Dusted Magazine
    Apr 9, 2021
    80
    Dry Cleaning gave us a taste in 2019; New Long Leg is a banquet upon which to feast.
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  2. Beats Per Minute
    Apr 6, 2021
    83
    Dry Cleaning seem a working-class band, but they are not a political band in that same sense. This concept is mimicked across many post-punk bands past and present, but instead of trying to stay firmly between those politically-charged guardrails they have stepped outside of them and created their own scenic route.
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  3. DIY Magazine
    Apr 6, 2021
    80
    Ultimately, there’s a charming purity that runs through ‘New Long Leg’, and a sense that Dry Cleaning wasn’t the product of a masterplan. Instead it’s the by-product of the lives they were already leading which gives an uncompromising human quality to this debut.
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