B i o g r a p h y
 (by Heather Phares)

A study in contrasts, Dry Cleaning combines intense instrumentation with Florence Shaw's nuanced, spoken-word musings about the surreal and the mundane. The South London band introduced their taut, swaggering sound with EPs such as 2018's Meghan Markle-referencing Sweet Princess, but by the time of 2021's acclaimed debut album New Long Leg, their music touched on dream pop and psychedelia. Dry Cleaning expanded further on 2022's '90s indie rock-influenced Stumpwork and 2023's Swampy EP, but still held their musical forays together with insightful observations and dry, absurdist humor.

In 2017, guitarist Tom Dowse, bassist Lewis Maynard, and drummer Nick Buxton -- all veterans of the southeast London punk and hardcore scene for whom music had become a pastime rather than a career -- started playing instrumental post-punk inspired by the likes of the Feelies, the Clean, and the B-52's. As they searched for a vocalist to complete the band's lineup, Dowse thought of his old friend and Royal College of Art classmate Shaw. An illustrator and visiting university lecturer, Shaw grew up in a musical family and had a fondness for classic British indie bands such as the Specials, the Smiths, and Sea Power. She joined Dry Cleaning in early 2018 after some convincing, and her seemingly detached delivery of lyrics pieced together from her artwork, overheard conversations, newspapers, and advertising added another layer to the band's music.

Once their lineup was complete, Dry Cleaning recorded their debut EP Sweet Princess -- which featured the single "Magic of Meghan," a song combining Shaw's feelings about a recent breakup and Meghan Markle -- in one day and self-released it later in 2018. They began playing shows that May, making their live debut at Dalston's Shacklewell Arms. Another self-released EP, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks (named for the band's rehearsal space) arrived in October 2019. Around that time, the It's OK label released a compilation of the two EPs that reached number 36 on the U.K. Indie chart. The group's consistent touring included U.S. dates just before the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic in early 2020; by the end of the year, Dry Cleaning signed to 4AD and issued the single "Scratchcard Lanyard." The song also appeared on April 2021's full-length New Long Leg, which they recorded with producer John Parish at Rockfield Studio in Wales. The album peaked at number four on the U.K. Albums chart and earned widespread critical acclaim. In the wake of this success, Dry Cleaning contributed their version of Grimes' "Oblivion" to the 4AD 2021 benefit cover compilation Bills & Aches & Blues. Their other releases that year included July's single "Bug Eggs/Tony Speaks!" and November's Tascam Tapes, a limited-edition EP of four-track versions of New Long Leg songs.

For their second album, Dry Cleaning reunited with Parish, recording at Rockfield Studios and in Bristol, England. The band took more time to record October 2022's Stumpwork, which broadened their sound to include influences from '90s indie rock and took songwriting inspiration from U.K. politics, the joy of playing video games, and keeping in touch with distant friends. Reaching number 11 in the U.K., the album peaked at number 13 on the Heatseekers chart in the U.S. Early in 2023, Stumpwork's art directors won the award for Best Recording Package at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. That March, Dry Cleaning issued the Swampy EP, a collection of previously unreleased songs and demos from the Stumpwork sessions and reworkings of the album's tracks by Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul and Nourished by Time. In March 2023, 4AD reissued Sweet Princess/Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks.




Sweet Princess EP
- 2019-08-16 -



Goodnight
New Job
Magic Of Meghan
Traditional Fish
Phone Scam
Conversation







Boundary Road Snacks And Drinks EP
- 2019-10-25 -



Dog Proposal
Viking Hair
Spoils
Jam After School
Sombre One
Sit Down Meal

New Long Leg
- 2021-04-02 -



Scratchcard Lanyard
Unsmart Lady
Strong Feelings
Leafy
Her Hippo
New Long Leg
John Wick
More Big Birds
A.L.C
Every Day Carry
Tony Speaks!
(Japanese Bonus Track)
Bug Eggs
(Japanese Bonus Track)
Hm
(Bonus Track)

Stumpwork
- 2022-10-21 -



Anna Calls From The Arctic
Kwenchy Kups
Gary Ashby
Driver'
s Story
Hot Penny Day
Stumpwork
No Decent Shoes For Rain
Don'
t Press Me
Conservative Hell
Liberty Log
Icebergs
Sombre Two (Instrumental)
Swampy (Bonus Track)

Non Albums Tracks
- Misc -

Oblivion

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Sweet PrincesS EP

Goodnight

During what was probably the longest two and a half months of my life
After a near death experience
I could not sleep
I was on edge at all times
And the only thing that kept me going was Saw Two

My cat died three months ago at seventeen years old
When this song plays I can remember the good old days
When I was a kid how we played together with my cat at home alone with my brother
And all the good days I had with her
Good night sweet princess

She said, "Have you ever spat cum onto the carpet of a Travelodge"
Unwanted oils
I keep fit running after my kids
Imagine being able to stack the odds of lasting love entirely in your favor

How dare you I'm the best at what I do
How fucking dare you, don't touch me
You stole my childhood CDs you fuck

I need you all to shut up
I'm going through a tough time

Some bitch with a plaster on her face is laughing at me?
Friday nights in 91-92
Getting the 6:15 Thameslink from Farringdon to Leatherhead with this on my walkman

This song makes me remember being at my Grandparents house
On the swing I had in the backyard
I must have been three or four years old

Sometimes there's also a particular smell that activates this memory for me
Something like the smell of rain on thundery days
Anyway I had been swinging for hours trying to reach higher and higher
And I felt like the king of the universe

Everything was so easy
Everyone was alive
And they looked so happy
I miss my grandmother

New Job

Fa fa faaa
Fa fa faaa
Fa fa faaa

But you were listening to me talk about making art
And you seemed really interested and then we both went to the toilet
And then I came back and. you were leaving
I thought you liked me, but maybe I was just a captive audience
You did seem a bit bored when I was talking
You had a birthday party and you didn't invite me
I feel so hurt

Fa fa faaa
Jimmy and Olga, love forever
Fa fa faaa

No. No mate. It's not that kind of party, we've got to get to know each other
What's your favorite book Steve
That's a good question. I think it would be The Count of Monte Cristo
Can you walk on the tracks
No, no people can't walk on the tracks only trains can walk on the tracks
Who are they
They're workmen fixing them sometimes they get broken

Fa fa faaa
Jimmy and Olga, love forever
Fa fa faaa

The longer we go on like this the more burnt the dinner will be, Paula
I found a pretty plastic indicator lens on the walk to your flat
I could give it to you as a gift but oh yeah
You collect metal not plastic it's me who collects plastic
Haha it wasn't a snake after all, phew
It was just a pile of mushrooms growing in the shape of a snake

Magic Of Meghan

I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly
This beautiful woman tripped, and fell into my life
All the stars were aligned
It's kept the world gripped
It was just an amazing surprise

You got engaged on the day that I moved out. It's ok!
She's a smasher, perfectly suited to the role
Messages from the public, thank you for all you're doing
We love you
You're just what England needs
You're going to change us

He's like the cat that got the cream
He's marrying for love, it doesn't matter
She placed a perfectly manicured hand on his chest
An instant yes

Never has one outfit been designed, to send so many messages
Earrings to empower women
Bag that helps charity, jeans made in Wales
Cruelty-free coat

The Magic of Meghan

I fell in love with Meghan so incredibly quickly
This beautiful woman tripped, and fell into my life
All the stars aligned
It's kept the world gripped
It was an amazing surprise

It's ok, it doesn't matter

Traditional Fish

News and mags
Fruits and veg
Beers and wines, Pay Point
Cash point, help point, christmas tree recycling point

Wine and Mags
Bakers only past this point!

Westminster Bridge Road
Westminster Bridge Road
Traditional Fish Bar
Chicken and Ribs
Bus Pass
News and Magazine
International Calling Card
Chicken Burger Pizza
Phone Cards
Greeting Cards

Seafood, Meats, Synthetic Hair, Human Hair, Wigs
Dining Set, Beds and Wardrobes
Newspapers, Magazine

It's Phil to the rescue as Cathy meets her worst nightmare
Who's the Pride of Britain
Michelle blasts Mark
I was shot in the head by my kid

Phone Scam

She said she'd asked twenty girls already
I feel really horrible
But also that she doesn't have the right to scream at me in my face

She said I was a horrible cunt
She said I was a bastard
She screamed and screamed 'I don't want to touch it'

Also, no one seemed to be very bothered by the fact that she was screaming at me
I had the feeling that what she was saying was a script

She said I was a horrible cunt
She said I was a dickhead
She screamed and screamed 'I don't want to touch it'

I don't want to touch it
I don't want to touch it
I don't want to touch it
I never said she did want to touch it

She said I was a horrible cunt
She said I was a dickhead
She screamed and screamed 'I don't want to touch it'

I had my phone out, she knew I had a phone
And moved on to asking to use the phone very quickly
I felt vulnerable to her stealing it
I felt very vulnerable that it was some kind of a scam
Because I've been conned before

Conversation

Brrring brrring, brrring brrring, brrring
Brrring, hello

I can only live in isolation
Fast and Furious live
Followed by another porn account on
Instagram
Am I on a date right now
Is this a date

I come across strange
He's saying be yourself
But if I'm myself
I come across strange
My jokes don't land
People say, what's that
Pardon

Brrrrrp brrrrrp, brrrrrp brrrrrp, brrrrrp
Brrrrrp, hello
Oh hey yeah, sure, yeah, that would be
Nice. Yeah definitely. See you then. Bye

Emailed by the takeaway
Emailed by the takeaway again

Boundary Road Snacks And Drinks EP

Dog Proposal

Do you believe that hard work is what it takes to be successful
I know it sounds bad
But I think it's one of the most misleading ideas emerging in the culturescape today
Hard work has very little to do with success
Open your phone and check your entrepreneurial channels
You'll see motivational pictures about working hundred hour weeks
Well, it only applies to those who are operating at a really basic level
It's not your problem

Why are you so chuffed you beat a team who were only promoted to the Premier League just recently
We've got more courage, more mettle than you prize ponies
Our centre back bought every traveling fan a drink each at Christmas
Duvet covers, branded gilet, big puffer coat, TV channel, baby seats, slim pint glasses
Home team tumblers, rubber coaster, rubber keyring, Manchester United gnome

London woman on the phone, I've just started working in London
I've joined a gym, I've joined a gym close to the office
I've joined a gym, I've joined a gym close to the office
I've joined a gym
The key is routine
Fix regular times in your scheduled and stick to them
This year is the Cher year
Oh, fucking hell, okay
Okay
Okay

Dog proposal
She's written a
She's written a dog proposal
For Wilma
So you should read it

Viking Hair

Horses and feathers and blankets with purple crosses and flowers and cards for dearest Mo
And over the road there's an abandoned fridge that still works

Looking wistfully at a Colombian banana, I was there
I was flown over there
A kid with yo-yo eyes

She's beautiful, she's got Viking hair
She's a tragic heroine
I'm in love
She's beautiful, she's got Viking hair
She's a tragic heroine
I'm in love

Lads and dads
Put your words on a pair of joggers
I'm not just saying this 'cause I have to
I can back it up with facts and relevant information

She's beautiful, she's got Viking hair
She's a tragic heroine
I'm in love
She's beautiful, she's got Viking hair
She's a tragic heroine
I'm in love

Stick up for me
Do what you're told, but sometimes, tell me what to do as well
I just want to sexually experiment on a nice, safe pair of hands
Don't judge me, just hold still

She's beautiful, she's got Viking hair
She's a tragic heroine
I'm in love
She's beautiful, she's got Viking hair
She's a tragic heroine
I'm in love
She's beautiful, she's got Viking hair
She's a tragic heroine
I'm in love

She's beautiful
Viking hair
I'm in love
Viking hair
I'm in love

Spoils

I'm cool
With spoils
Just tell me who dies
Tell me who finds love
Run over by a
Squashed by a
Crushed by a
Crazy raisin

What's your problem
Hot cuties ignore you
Making love to a fence
I can't believe how fast my hair grew back

We didn't pay too much attention to the music when we were playing this game
Because we were too busy having our minds blown by the graphics and scale of the 64 world
But it was always there accompanying our adventures, feeding into our ears
And now it's left an indelible imprint on our brains so that whenever we hear it memories come rushing back
And we strongly recall exactly how we felt and thought at the time

Run over by a
Squashed by a
Crushed by a
Pushed off a
Crazy raisin

What's your problem, huh
Hot cuties ignore you
Making love to a fence
I can't believe how fast the hair grew back

Stream, stream
Stream my favourite shows
Just tell me who dies
Tell me who finds love
Run over by a
Squashed by a
Crushed by a
Crazy raisin

I'm cool
Run over by a
Squashed by a
Crushed by a
Pushed off a
Very high diving board
Hit by a monster truck in the street

Jam After School

Less bullshit masculine mountain conquering crap

Apply lipgloss in a pay toilet
All the people we know and love going to the places they love to go
How did he get that scar
His brother cut him
No way
Real pig skin
Imaginary hot romance with Daniel Day Lewis
Welcome to the county of Hampshire
Jam After School

A stung lip
She's never known life without gut problems
Baseball cap and sunglasses, wear both
I saw a schoolboy queue
Stretch sequins over your flesh
Give me a woman in a fancy hat at 2am
Cottage country lane
Double accident
A sausage roll and two mags will do me
If you didn't know
Buggies and luggage
Could you just
Can you just
What if you
Please

We could be great together
If we just agreed to be
Brains changed by the sea
Everyone on the train is heartbroken
If you don't stop smoking your curves won't grow

Sombre One

Everything is easy to get out and put back quickly
Can get in and out of bed easily
Lots of time to get ready

Rest in heavenly peace
Bet on these sports games
Don't ride this rollercoaster

Buy sheet icing tonight

Snacks and drinks
Clear space
Get rid of photos
Swimming lessons
Sell car

Don't get burnt by the sun's rays
Move into the caravan park and be done with it

Amazing voice
Amazing body

Sit Down Meal

We shared a sit down meal
Sometimes I get numb arms in bed
You're nothing but a fragrance to me now

We shared a sit down meal
Sometimes I get numb arms in bed
You're nothing but a fragrance to me now

We shared a sit down meal
Sometimes I get numb arms in bed
You're nothing but a fragrance to me now

Oh, to be a potion seller's apprentice
Words to come in this space here
You're nothing but a fragrance to me now

Sit down meal
Sit down meal

We shared a sit down meal
Sometimes I get numb arms in bed
You're nothing but a fragrance to me now

For My Husband With Love
On Your Birthday, Spoil Yourself
With Love Auntie
You've Passed Your Driving Test
For A Special Mum

Sit down meal
Sit down meal

Who's drawing your glyphs now
Forever

New Long Leg

Scratchcard Lanyard

Many years have passed but you're still charming
Rows falling and exploding, you can't save the world on your own I guess
Don't send me it
You keep it
You keep it
You keep it

Weak arms can't open the door, kung fu cancel
It'll be okay, I just need to be weird and hide for a bit and eat an old sandwich from my bag

I've come here to make a ceramic shoe
And I've come to smash what you made
I've come to learn how to mingle
I've come to learn how to dance
I've come to join the knitting circle
I've come to hand weave my own bunk bed ladder in a few short sessions

It's a Tokyo bouncy ball
It's an Oslo bouncy ball
It's a Rio de Janeiro bouncy ball filter!
I love these Mighty Oaks, don't you?
Do everything and feel nothing
Wristband themepark, scratchcard lanyard
Do everything and feel nothing
Do everything and feel nothing

Pat Dad on the head
Alright, you big loud mouth
And thanks very much for the Twix
I think of myself as a hardy banana with that waxy surface and the small delicate flowers
A woman in aviators firing a bazooka
A woman in aviators firing a bazooka

I've come here to make a ceramic shoe
And I've come to smash what you made
I've come to learn how to mingle
I've come to learn how to dance
I've come to join the knitting circle
That's just child chat
Why don't you want oven chips now?

It's a Tokyo bouncy ball
It's an Oslo bouncy ball
It's a Rio de Janeiro bouncy ball filter!
I love these Mighty Oaks, don't you?
Do everything and feel nothing
Wristband themepark, scratchcard lanyard
Do everything and feel nothing
Do everything and feel nothing

You seem really together, you've got a new coat, new hair
Well, I'll tell you one thing, you've got it coming
One day you're gonna get it

Unsmart Lady

Don't cry just drive
Good luck band
What've you been doing
Yeah

Fat podgy
Non make-up
Unsmart lady

Call Ronny
What've you been up to
Cool
Yeah

Fat podgy
Non make-up
Unsmart lady

If you like a girl, be nice
It's not rocket science
A tanned foot squeezed hopefully into a short boot
A Kerry Bog Pony

High fever
Hair remover
Hair remover
Hair fever
Hair remover

Don't cry just drive
Good luck band
What've you been doing?
Yeah

Fat podgy
Non make-up
Unsmart lady

Fat podgy
Non make-up

Strong Feelings

Just an emo dead stuff collector, things come to the brain
Let's look at the geophys
Let's wait for the results from the geophys
Just an emo dead stuff collector, things come to the brain
I spent £17 on mushrooms for you
'Cause I'm silly
Just an emo dead stuff collector, things come to the brain
This week is Holy Week

I just want to tell you I've got scabs on my head
It's useless to live
I've been thinking about eating that hot dog for hours
Kiss me
Letting you only when we must whilst someone holds the door
Too much to ask about
So don't ask

It's useless to live
I just want to tell you I've got scabs on my head
It made me realise
My only ambition in life is to grip the roots of your hair
You just want to be liked

Tin glazed earthenware flower brick painted in blue
On the sloping edge, a vase of flowers
On the front, a Chinese landscape
On the sides, figures in a Dutch landscape

It's Europe
It's Europe
It's Europe
It's Europe

In the painting's foreground, at the bottom is a famous anamorphic
Which when viewed sidelong is revealed to be a human skull

That seems like a lot of garlic
Long and lean and young and lovely
You just want to be liked
I like you, stay
It's Europe

Just an emo dead stuff collector, things come to the brain
Too much to ask about
So don't ask

Leafy

It's my playground
Black skirt, shoes and trainers
Shane has joined the chat
It was chucking it down when I stepped out
It's not now
Come on then
Carl and Terry

"Are there llama plushies here
In this shop"
She's definitely in a league of her own
So just stream...
Sick of that shit

All the while
An exhausting walk in the horrible countryside
A tiresome swim in a pointless bit of sea
Knackering drinks with close friends
Thanks a lot
Simple pimple, stomach stab

What are the things that you have to clear out
Baking powder, big jar of mayonnaise
What about all the uneaten sausages
Clean the fat out of the grill pan

This is the hardest thing I've ever had to do now

Trying not to think about all the memories
Remember when you had to take these pills
Remember when you had to take these pills
Maybe I just need someone

Never talk about your ex
Never, never, never, never, never slag them off
Because then they know
Then they know

All the while
An exhausting walk in the horrible countryside
A tiresome swim
Knackering drinks
Thanks a lot

Simple pimple, stomach stab

Her Hippo

The house is just twelve years old, soft landscaping in the garden
An electrician stuck his finger in the plughole and shouted "Yaba!"
Her hippo
Everyday he's a dick

Strong one, no one
The man above, a name, a word
I get upset in the heat
I'm smiling constantly and people constantly step on me

His shadow looms around
A feeling of bees' legs on my face
Safe inside a secret love
Let's run!

Anyway
Mystical Shakespeare shoes
A trapped person screaming
The last thing I looked at in this hand-mirror was a human arsehole
Well, Helen's situation has really put all that in the shade now
There he goes, he doesn't care
Mostly angry, scrappy songs

And where does that romantic jealousy come from?
Te amo Manuel
Married then
Her hippo
Every day he's a dick

Strong one, great one
The man above, a name, a word
I'm smiling constantly and people constantly step on me

I'd like to run away with you on a plane but don't bring those loafers

That silly woman's done a too-straight fringe
A baby's appearance
More espresso, less depresso
Solutions for damp since 1971
"But I can rebuild!"

I'm a devious snake and I keep it in my wig room
Well...
Well, well, well
Well, well, well

I'm inside the gate, it's a tiny little area and it's rammed, everything's going great so far
Got my shorts on in preparation for the hot, these idiots in trousers they don't know what they're doing
Feel like I want to send you twenty texts
Let me know when you're inside the plane

I'm smiling constantly and people constantly step on me

New Long Leg

You are
No, you are
Let me see your knees
Peas rolling
A useless long leg
Are you taking a photo or drinking a bottle of water
You're a spoon, pal, you are

Doo doo doo, don't remember anyone, sorry
Doo doo doo, I ask you
Sometimes like this
Sometimes like this
A useless long leg

Will there be a hairdryer in my state room or should I bring one
What about shampoo?
Will we be able to have laundry done on the ship
And what are the prices?
Are there some kind of reverse platforms
Shoes that make you go into the ground more, make you reach a lower level
Nevermind
Would you choose a dentist with a messy back garden like that
I don't think so

Doo doo doo, don't remember anyone
I ask you
Sometimes like this
Sometimes like this
A useless long leg

Sunburnt chin, a raw drawn-on eyebrow
You are
No, you are
A useless long leg
You are

Doo doo doo, don't remember anyone, sorry
Doo doo doo, I ask you
Sometimes like this
Sometimes like this
A useless long leg

This new bloody big problem
No more shared sundae
This absolutely huge fuck up

John Wick

No, that's not true
Eyes drift to the TV, mostly uncles and fathers
Mostly eating nuts, seeds and berries
What do you think your parents feel
That nod that says, "I've seen things"

They've really changed the pace of The Antiques Roadshow
More antiques, more price reveals
Less background information
The reason the price reveals were so good was because we had to wait for them
Where these bin men at then?
I like your wardrobe but I never know if it's ok to take the clothes
Hold on to your beehive

Mostly uncles and fathers
Mostly eating nuts, seeds and berries
What do you think your parents feels
That nod that says, "I've seen things"

Someone pissed on my leg in the big Sainsbury's
If you're an Aries
Then I'm an Aries

Raincoat sweat

A poster, an Elmo costume
A young guy on a ski holiday
Naked muscly loner
A young guy on a ski holiday
A poster, an Elmo costume
What can I say
A drawstring dog bag
A young guy on a ski holiday

More Big Birds

Brain replaced by something
With only the side of my nose for company
These and those and them ones
What'd you call it
It'll come to me
Brain replaced by something
With only the side of my nose for company
These and those and them ones, what'd you call it
The unnameable
It'll come to me

Trapped inside a head
In control in the kitchen area
I run a tight ship
Spatula pot and crumb tray
A wipeable place
A greaseproof type of thing

Da da da da
Da da da da
Da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
Da da da da
Green food, brown food

Brain replaced by something
These and those and them ones
A floating dumpling, baggy eyes
I run a tight ship
Helicopter circling
Kalashnikov to look forward to
It's a glam musical

Da da da da
Da da da da
Da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da
Da da da da

A.L.C

You can't just come into my garden in your football kit
And start asking questions about who lives here
Who's asking

It's a memory of a café that you loved
But you didn't have anyone to take there
They had a sushi counter and a counter that did pastries and mixed salads
In Hendon
I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old
I can't change

A lonely job for £45 a day
A lonely job for £32 a day
Just take it
Things are changing

Time to shut up old actors
Time to fix old pants
Time to get fed up
Telephone call comes through the wall
A sunny day with a grey sky
A wonky parking job for cheap chocolate mousse

Things are changing
Things are changing
You
You foil beast
You foil beast
You foil beast

Talk to me in the bath
'Ba dum'

Every Day Carry

It's chocolate chip cookie
Crappy crazy pizzas
Your haircut's changed
It's every day carry
You're a gift to me, nice party ice
You're an individual cream bun
It's chocolate chip cookie
Crappy crazy pizzas
It's all good though

Look at that
Looks like good quality earth
I'm just a conduit
Don't look at me
I'm just the medium
Your haircut's changed for charity
Can you imagine the rent?
I want big pearl
A people person, these are the eyeholes

A banging pasta bake, Müller corner, onions, orchids
The smear test blues
Put a shawl on that mannequin mate
Can you imagine the rent?
I want big pearl

It's a light emitting diode
It's a long nail story
It's a dead hand tree
Best friends forever
It's everyday carry

It's bad luck if you're the tree left at the edge of the motorway when they clear the forest for a motorway
You lose your friends and you're exposed
You used to be in the thick of it, everything you knew ripped away
Two fingers up to you, you wastrel, that's my shopping trolley you're approaching

Uninviting, just body bits
Your haircut's changed
You're a gift to me
Nice party ice
You're an individual cream bun
Look at that

Uninviting, just body bits
Your haircut's changed
I don't know how I feel he's fit but I think he might be
Residual Pop Rocks in the mouth of your cab driver
Drop what you're doing, let's get to the tip
Droopy flute solo comes in now
Galump lump
Huge white geese please us all
Major massive arsehole
All the children say "I've got enchanted eggs"

My beautiful restaurant
Let's go, Jim
My beautiful restaurant

Now it seems like none of that meant anything
A sugared armpit, a roast potato on a long branch
More spice, plans conceived in love
A Ferrari with a license plate that says T337H
Bambino
What a cruel heartless bastard you are
Welcome to hell
Keep up with it all, be nice
Try to maintain high energy and don't bring everyone down
In matching soft brown tank top
I just can't creep comfortably anymore

Paper thin skin covers hands and hollow cheeks
Must I look at my belly in the mirror
Must I belly in the mirror
A thing in the past
Your own personal fatberg, homemade
I'm confused
Ready to cut loose
Sherlock Holmes Museum of break ups
Wait an hour for a pancake, make it larger, build it up
I don't mind, I'm happy either way
I dunno, what's the point
You actually smell like garbage

Every one of them looks a tit
I'm not gonna lie, it's daunting choreography but I'm gonna bring it all the same
I just want to put something positive into the world
But it's hard because I'm so full of poisonous rage

It's all well and good you saying that, but I need more
Keep up with it all, be nice
I just can't creep comfortably
Curtains always closed

Tony Speaks!

(Japanese Bonus Track)

It's not a competition
Remember you can judge your achievements
Based on things other than how much money you have

They built the roads
Short memories
Short memories and finger rolls

Lovely ponytail
Angry man
Writing symphony songs
In his room
Head full of gnomes
Zooming through Wales

I'm just sad about the collapse of heavy industry
I'll be alright in a bit
Buried under coal pieces
Coal gets dug up
Then piled up
Then it falls
On top
Of us
Coal under us then over us
Please, not more

Father Goblin
Father Goblin comes to help children breathe
Under the desks
Big cardboard cut-out
It's Ed, Ted, Ben, Dan, Howie
It's pinky chalky

I always thought of nature as something dead and uninviting
Wet, empty trees
But there used to be a lot more of it
Oh right
Crawling and flapping and turning itself over
Well I don't live when it was like that, I live now
So I don't get it

Tony speaks!
Holding gourd lamp, then coconut lamp
Then tin can lamp
Pets on fire, shoes on fire
I'm on fire

A submissive hand enters the cup to retrieve pomegranate seeds
A submissive hand enters the bag to gather crisps
And so, a submissive hand enters the bag to retrieve and gather, gather crisps
And so, a submissive hand enters the cup to retrieve pomegranate seeds

They built the roads
Short memories
And 50, 000 crappy stickers

Bug Eggs

(Japanese Bonus Track)

Get these bug eggs out of our drinks!
It's unpleasant to feel one has spent more money than usual
But it was worth it
And I will be able to make the money back
Shells with eyes
Shells with bowties
Shells pressed into the wall

When I think back to some of the ways I've allowed myself to be treated, I cringe
The things I thought I had to do
I was a toasted teenage peanut
I should've tucked my teeshirt into my Y-fronts but it's too late now

I am not as fresh faced as I used to be
But what I've lost in that area
I've gained in confidence
And dress sense
And other things
Cow and boy

No worry, no care
No worry, bug eggs
Thin, outer coverings that can be cracked
No worry, bug eggs

I don't know why but you look good to me
I find I appreciate stripes for the first time
Curving round your body
Your bare mud slopes
Shells with eyes
Shells with bowties
Shells pressed into the wall

Body now feels like a body suit
Sun lands on your side and shows hairs
I'll decide what's appropriate, beachcomber
Shell that looks like a hamburger

Hm

(Japanese Bonus Track)

Hm, hm, hm, hm
Hm, hm, hm

Walking down to the passport office
There's a damp smell
There's an old slip stuck to your shoes
Just not a very nice place to go if you don't feel welcome
And if things are looking upside down
Take me to Fra Mauro
You couldn't pay me to stay here
Role play as hotel inspector
Bits of rotten apple gather
And it's a weird warning
Personally done with this crap cooked up
All rough or soft seats

Hm, hm, hm

Don't kick me out of the U.K
I just want to stay with my girlfriend
Screw ups, pile ups, and foul ups
You're really rotating my map
And not in a good way
A Dutch taste of free cake for me
A Portuguese party for you
Well I just work here
And it's basically opposite day
The space blanket flaps
And the burnt smells back

Let those windmills turn
Let your ear wax churn
Some sad desperate emoji

It's those kind of details
That send out the strongest signals
Actually it's No Cold Callers
She goes "do use the drops"
And my face drops

And when you handed me the box
It was jewel-like
And inside
Was a baby necklace

Stumpwork

Anna Calls From The Arctic

Should I propose friendship

Flies going crazy
Wriggling and flipping
Emporio Armani builder
I see shit everywhere
Hustling
Deal making on the train
Anna calls from the Arctic

It's either scientists
Or people who are mining
Or dog sledge people

It's either scientists
Or people who are mining
Or dog sledge people

Say something
Keep trying
Take this and don't shrunk my things
No shrunking
If you're rich you look good
That's not news

Looks likes trains and set backs are on the way
For my sad little worker

I cherish Dad's lamp
Richness, by hand and machine
In other words; dance bio, B. Manilow, birth swapped

I like it when
You can see inside houses
From a car it's cozy
Gym shorts reveal more, more, more, more, more
But it doesn't change anything

Sports indirect
So vague and formless
They called him sensual Steve for a reason of course

Nothing works
Everything's expensive
And opaque and privatised
My shoe organising thing arrived
Thank God

I don't want to go on about it
But we're back in business
Just a sweet, natural start
We will flower

Kwenchy Kups

Things are shit but they're gonna be ok
And I'm gonna see the otters
There aren't any otters
There are
Well we can check
And I'm gonna see the water caterpillar

Purple hair in the Coop
Purple hair in the Alpen
I'd love hold you across the middle and be your shoulder bag

You've scraped your t shirt thin
Is everything alright with you

It's autumn; windy webs

Well things are shit they're gonna ok
And I'm gonna see the otters
There aren't any otters
There are
Well, we can check
And I'm gonna see the water caterpillar
There's no such thing
Hmmm?
Nice idea

I'm pro-tidy
A lot of faff
Don't push the door
Automatic door
St Mark's trousers
My trousers
Your trousers
Can you not

Longton grove so so so sad
A polite bus boarder
A seat swapper
Secret filmer
You didn't necessarily feel
So I don't necessarily feel

Hand wringing
Jelly lips
More for you baby!

Peaceful fish meat lying dead and flat in a chiller
Pleated curtains partly hanging
Partly pushed against the tinted window so it looks like a giant butt
You can say I don't give a fuck dick face
Leaping gazelles and a canister of butane

Well we can check
And I'm gonna see the water caterpillar
There's no such thing
Hmmm
Nice idea

Gary Ashby

Gary Ashby
Have you seen Gary
Family tortoise

Are you stuck on your back without me
Dogs running free
Dad's got blood on his head

We gave you our family name
In the lockdown you escaped
Gary Ashby

It was a bad surprise
Have you seen Gary
With his tinfoil ball
He used to love to kick it with his stumpy legs
Shoop shoop shoop shoop
Shoop shoop shoop shoop
Shoop shoop shoop shoop

Gary Ashby
Have you seen Gary
Family tortoise

Are you stuck on your back without me
Dogs running free
Gary Ashby

Driver's Story

It's those kinds of details that send out the best signals
Stuffing for balloons
Stuffing for balloons
29th of the 9th
No la la las at the start
Replace with ooohs
Oooooooh
A special brew
A man do
A hen do
Driver's story

I'm not the total package
Costa Costa cups
There's crumbs
And there's jam
In the bed

Rough first part
Love second part
It's cool stuff but we want different styles
Inside, outside
I'm not mad keen on it
Not a stand out for me
One can only wait and not see

I've lost a jelly shoe, embedded in my innards
Sinew, gristle, inside, outside

It''s those kinds of details that send out the best signals
Stuffing for balloons
Stuffing for balloons
29th of the 9th
No la la las at the start, replace with ooohs
A special brew

Hot Penny Day

If I could live across the road from a boot fair
Wouldn't that be something
If I'm thin as a bean pole I can slip through the fence

I'm not here to provide blank
They can fucking provide blank
Our relationship
Well it's not what you think it is

Hot penny day
Hooked over man
Woollen woman
I don't want to empty your bank account
And give you nightmares but

I guess I don't ever ask fro what I want
I see male violence everywhere
Beautiful face, softness
I think 'big soft bed club'

Hazmat suit yeah
Health first
Are there exposed wires all good?
Near the steam?

Hooked over man
Woollen woman
I don't want to empty your bank account and give you nightmares
But we're in the middle of what they call three 'financial eclipses'
Is it still ok to call you my disco pickle?

To recognise a smile try thinking of a
A chameleon of a Pac Man
What'er her name over there says
"Don't forget to bring back the blue sheet"
Can you see I'm trying?
I was having a good time and I didn't go to bed

It's hot penny day
It's a spook out
I'm not here to provide blank
They can make their own blank

Can't you see I'm trying
Can't you see my bloodshot eyes
Bad taste bear
Horse head tea
Every day
I've been to the top of a mountain
There's fire there
Every single day
Kick drum
Sometimes I feel like I'm just a loner and that's that
Stiff undergarment

Stumpwork

Come here you little party hat
Let me squeeze you
And do your hair
Don't go over there

Chemical brothers
Fat boy slims
Peach nut
Peach nut

I thought I saw a young couple clinging to a round baby
But it was a bundle of trash and food
Trash and food
Doo doo doo doo doo

A ceremonial crawl-through
Designed to keep toads off the roads
Hot head

You know you've been written down in the big book
And on their bin it said 189 MOTHER
You're just jealous of the star
Doo doo doo doo doo
Crushed
Doo doo doo

I feel your approach
All the hairs on my arm raise up
Because you are wearing a fleece
That has become electrified
Doo doo doo doo doo
Whatever

Woah, just killed a giant wold
Why are you revving?
Are you enjoying yourself
By doing nothing and staring at the wall
Busted
What I really love is to not use something to its full capacity
Not full power
Half its potential
Medium
Roman remains

I am not in charge of what I do
The only thing I could think to ask was
"Do you like stumpwork"
Doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo

No Decent Shoes For Rain

New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Northampton, Exeter, Egypt
It won't do to cry about it
I've seen a rat
I've seen a guy cautioned by police for rollerblading
Let's smoke and drink and get fucked I don't know
Let's eat pancake

You could take control of my mind or body anytime
Why do I trust you
The answer is I don't and I never will
Let's eat pancake

I'm bored but I get a kick out of buying things
Autonomy can be found at the shops
For me
For me

Who are you
That's right, you're from the seventies
I've got to travel back in time to stop this madness
Don't do this, don't do that
My poor heart is breaking
Too big for a large
Too big for a large

Hey, couch testing man!
Lay it on my fine ended car
Fry an egg on my bonnet
These lonesome evenings suck

Oh. You drink wine and go on holiday now
Okay, well
Okay, well
Okay, well

It's so good to meet you
But not here
Not here obviously
I've seen your arse but not your mouth
That's normal now
Lamb Sandy and Felt Mel
Especially, especially on a day like today

Can you describe the picture with me
What are all these men carrying
What is this toxic sludge
I don't know

Raa raa raa
I've seen a rat
I've seen a guy cautioned by police for rollerblading

Don't Press Me

I'm not shocked, it happens all the time
Just don't touch my gaming mouse
August, new memory month
An universal message of peace

You are always fighting me
You are always stressing me out
Don't press me
You you you
Press me
Don't press me

Hunt, steal and cheat, why not?
Wet, cold, hard, flat, it's my big boy candle
All I could afford was a gaming mouse
So don't touch my gaming mouse, you rat

Conservative Hell

Good wedding
Bad wedding
A coil pot problem
A constant mover
They're trying to mythologize everything
She cleans gutters
Cleaning out the sink pipe, a buster and a lover
She loves things, she loves stuff
Sumptuary laws: the story I am making up
Am I part of the meal deal
A recommended girl

Conservative hell
Conservative hell
Conservative hell

Public mushrooms
The season's been great for them
Underground crown
To be nibbled by a young child
Shortening, fattening, solid
The main thing I do is moving bags from place to place

Conservative hell
Hell
Hell

Breathe, and remove your shoes
That lot just making different designs in air
No more police powers
Wood worm
A Tibtrap trap
If you think this car's dirty you should try a night with the driver

Hell
Hell

I wanted to think you for organizing the Edinburgh trip
Which apart from what happened to my Kindle, was amazing!
No one ever believed in me until your semi circle eyes

Liberty Log

Weird premise
Weird premise
Staying in my room is what I like to do anyway
If you like this, you may like

Why don't you cry into one of those nice new bowls
Where'd you live

Freely moving
Dance song about dancing
Our Liberty Log
Grooving
Sliding
Shuffle time
Feeling free
Feeling free
Feeling mobile

It's a weird premise for a show, but I like it!
Staying in my room is what I like to do anyway
If you like this you may like
Weird weird weird weird
You're weird
It's a weird premise for a show
But I like it!
This seems like a weird premise for a show
But I like it!

It's what money's for isn't it
For spending

Dance song about dancing
Grooving
Sliding
Shuffle time
Feeling free
Feeling mobile

Huge, rotten football
Where is the hospital
Moped meet
Moped alleyway spot
Moped life
A kid's laugh yodels out in the darkness
I will risk slow death for Chinese spring roll
Liberty Log

Our Liberty Log
Our Liberty Log
Our Liberty Log
Our Liberty Log

She said I'm glad you girls could make it

Our Liberty Log

Icebergs

Whilst traveling a parasite buried itself in my head
It took me over and it had to be removed by a specialist
It can happen to anyone at any time
Now some sounds hurt my ears

We found your lingerie after you were gone
And it made you seem so human
And it made it seem like you had hopes and dreams and plans
Sometimes it's hard to find a silver lining

No kissing
No smooching
But there was a song if I can remember it

Icebergs
Icebergs
Icebergs
Icebergs

Icebergs
Icebergs

Wax dries
Chocolate washes out
If you have the energy

For a happy and exciting life
Locally, nationwide or worldwide
Stay interested in the world around you
Keep the curiosity of a child if you can
Resuscitator

Swampy

Bean bags bingo and a PlayStation 5
Bean bags bingo and a PlayStation 5

The premise is we're stuck down a mine, and now you choose who you want to save
That pub where all those things happened is just called "Moo" now
Some kind of burger thing

Oh, yellow cistern with a big bolt that reminds me of the sports centre
Under your layers of paint I see an "H"
Misty, haa
Can you hear me?

Bean bags bingo and a PlayStation 5
Bean bags bingo and a PlayStation 5

We thought they might be ashamed
They weren't, they weren't
We thought they might be ashamed
But they weren't

Look, contact me for all kinds of spells
Bring bags of smashings
Then we'll cast in concrete

PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5
PlayStation 5

In a concrete front garden, plants grow around the edges of each slabs
This leaves a bare patch in their centres
In the bare patch, a rotting citrus fruit sits
This creates an ambience, a locus of points, exclusivising the fruit

Where can I buy a prism in the shape of a ball
Where can I buy a UK prism ball
I'm, I'm refreshing, and I'm refreshing

Bear witness
Pass no comment
Simply be there to see it
The citrus fruit back to its brilliant best

Non Albums Tracks

Oblivion

(originally by Grimes)

I never walk about after dark
It's my point of view
'Cause someone could break your neck
Coming up behind you
Always coming and you'd never have a clue
I never looked behind all the time
I will wait forever
Always looking straight
Thinking counting all the hours you wait

See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night

And no, I'm not a jerk
I would ask if you could help me out
It's hard to understand
'Cause when you're runnin' by yourself
It's hard to find someone to hold your hand
I know it's good to be tough like me
But I would wait forever
I need someone else
To look into my eyes and tell me
"Girl, you know you've got to watch your health"

To look into my eyes and tell me
La la la la la
To look into my eyes and tell me
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la
La la la la la

See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night

See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night

See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night
See you on a dark night

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