Secret Love (Dry Cleaning album)

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Secret Love
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Studio album by
Dry Cleaning
Released9 January 2026 (2026-01-09)
RecordedMid-2025
StudioBlack Box (Loire Valley, France)
Length41:01
Label 4AD
Producer Cate Le Bon
Dry Cleaning chronology
Swampy
(2023)		Secret Love
(2026)
Singles from Secret Love
  1. "Hit My Head All Day"
    Released: 29 September 2025
  2. "Cruise Ship Designer"
    Released: 11 November 2025

Secret Love is the upcoming third studio album by the English band Dry Cleaning. It is scheduled for release on 9 January 2026 through 4AD Records and was produced by the Welsh musician Cate Le Bon. [1] Following Stumpwork (2022) by more than three years, it will be their first album not to be produced by John Parish.

Contents

Background and recording

Dry Cleaning's first two albums New Long Leg (2021) and Stumpwork (2022) were both produced by John Parish, [2] and for their third, the band decided to explore new potential producers. After a series of demos made between Jeff Tweedy's Chicago studio the Loft and Sonic Studios in Dublin with members of the Gilla Band, they decided to opt for the Welsh musical artist Cate Le Bon. [1] Dry Cleaning had met Le Bon at the Loft by Tweedy's invitation following an encounter backstage at the Pitchfork Music Festival in 2022. At the time, Tweedy's band Wilco were recording their album Cousin (2023), which Le Bon was producing. [3] Secret Love was ultimately recorded in mid-2025 at Black Box Studios in the Loire Valley in France. [4]

Promotion and singles

Secret Love was officially announced on 29 September 2025 with the release of its lead single, the six-minute-long "Hit My Head All Day". The song's accompanying music video was choreographed by Bullyache. [1] Shortly afterwards, for the last show of a U.S. tour in early October, the band performed three other album tracks ("My Soul / Half Pint", "Evil Evil Idiot", and "Joy") at Warsaw in Brooklyn, New York. [5]

A second single, "Cruise Ship Designer", was released on 11 November 2025 with a Cuán Roche-directed video featuring bassist Lewis Maynard, again choreographed by Bullyache. [6]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Florence Shaw; all music is composed by Dry Cleaning. [a]

Secret Love track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Hit My Head All Day"6:03
2."Cruise Ship Designer"2:29
3."My Soul / Half Pint"3:57
4."Secret Love (Concealed in a Drawing of a Boy)"3:21
5."Let Me Grow and You'll See the Fruit"3:09
6."Blood"3:23
7."Evil Evil Idiot"3:59
8."Rocks"2:59
9."The Cute Things"4:15
10."I Need You"4:33
11."Joy"2:53
Total length:41:01

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Apple Music. [a]

Dry Cleaning

Additional personnel

Notes

  1. 1 2 Credits tentatively apply just to the tracks "Hit My Head All Day" and "Cruise Ship Designer". [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Breihan, Tom (29 September 2025). "Dry Cleaning Announce New Album Secret Love Produced By Cate Le Bon: Hear 'Hit My Head All Day'". Stereogum . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  2. ↑ Russell, Scott (19 October 2022). "Dry Cleaning Stay Curious on Stumpwork". Paste . Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Watts, Peter (18 July 2025). "Not just talk: Choruses! Love songs! Burnt food! Dry Cleaning summon LP3 with Cate Le Bon in France". Uncut . No. 342 (September 2025). Yalding, England: Kelsey Media. p. 10. ISSN   1368-0722.
  4. ↑ Snapes, Laura (8 June 2025). "'The breakup was like an amputation that saves you': Cate Le Bon on healing from heartache and her heavy new album". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Pearis, Bill (3 October 2025). "Dry Cleaning previewed new album and wrapped up their tour in Brooklyn (pics, review, setlist)". BrooklynVegan . Retrieved 17 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Corcoran, Nina (11 November 2025). "Dry Cleaning Share Video for New Song 'Cruise Ship Designer': Watch". Pitchfork . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "Secret Love – Dry Cleaning". Apple Music . Retrieved 15 November 2025.
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