Dry Cleaning will reissue their first two EPs,Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks / Sweet Princess,on 8 March 2024. Remastered to celebrate the release,Boundary Road Snacks and DrinksandSweet Princesswill be pressedas one single vinyl. The former will be available on cassette for the first time and include an exclusive bonus single, a demo ofNew Long Legsingle, Strong Feelings, recorded during the sessions forBoundary Road Snacks and Drinks.

After a prolific 18-month period releasing two critically acclaimedJohn Parish-produced studio albums,New Long Leg(2021) andStumpwork(2022), as well as last years companion release the five-trackSwampy EP, South Londons Dry Cleaning are taking a moment to reflect on their journey and pay homage to their roots.

Dry Cleanings 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.

By March 2018the group had recorded the six-track debut EPSweet Princesswithproducer Kristian Craig Robinson at Total Refreshment Centre in asingle day. Two months later, in May 2018, the band played their first live show in Dalston at the ShacklewellArms, and released the EP in August.Sweet Princesswas a thrilling debut, itsdizzying and restless instrumentals with Shaws sardonic vocalsdelivering a satirical collage of witty observations and socialcommentary. A further 6 songs in the form of theBoundary Road Snacksand DrinksEP quickly followed two months after. It was named intribute to the bands rehearsal space in Maynards familys southLondon (Sidcup) home, and to his mother Susan whose home-cooked mealssustained the four friends in between sessions. With singles like SitDown Meal and Viking Hair,Boundary Road Snacks and Drinksis a powerful companiontoSweet Princess. 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.

Tracklisting:

Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks:
1. Dog Proposal
2. Viking Hair
3. Spoils
4. Jam After School
5. Sombre One
6. Sit Down Meal

Sweet Princess:
1. Goodnight
2. New Job
3. Magic of Meghan
4. Traditional Fish
5. Phone Scam
6. Conversation