Dry Cleaning share “Anna Calls from the Arctic” from upcoming album ‘Stumpwork’

Dry Cleaning's second album, Stumpwork, isn't out until October (preorder on white vinyl) but the band are tiding us over with another new single, “Anna Calls from the Arctic.” This is pretty different from anything we've heard Dry Cleaning do before, with almost no guitars, lots of synths and a trippy beat that all goes great with Florence Shaw's distinctive vocal style.

“The lyrics were partly inspired by phone calls with a friend who was living and working in the Arctic,” say the band. ”The song developed from a keyboard, bass and clarinet jam. This then took shape during our pre-recording sessions with John Parish and Joe Jones in Bristol and finalized at Rockfield studios a month later, with some musical inspiration coming from the dramatic scores of John Barry. The song is observational and sensual.”