Name: Stumpwork
Brand: Dry Cleaning

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

4AD0504LP

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Colour

white

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

LP+++

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-10-21

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

191400050419

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / white

4AD0504LPE

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black

Recycled Black.

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Limited Edition

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191400050402

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

4AD0504CD

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Extended format: No

191400050426

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

4AD0504MCE

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Tape

191400050440

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1 / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / Tape

4AD0504LPEBONUS

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Recycled Black

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LP++ - Limited Edition with a Bonus Red Vinyl 7" of Don’t Press Me / Swampy

4AD0504LPSIGNEDPRINT

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LP++ With Signed Print.

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Signed copies: Yes

1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: Yes / white

Artist

Dry Cleaning

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Stumpwork, the follow-up to 2021’s New Long Leg. The South London-based group’s first studio album, recorded in just two weeks with producer John Parish at the iconic Rockfield Studios, became a huge critical and commercial success reaching #4 in the UK Album Charts and featuring in best-of-2021 polls across the board. Buoyed by its success, Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dowse (guitar), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Florence Shaw (vocals) returned to rural Wales in late 2021, partnering once more with Parish and engineer Joe Jones. Working from a position of trust in the same studio and with the same team, imposter syndrome and anxiety was replaced by a fresh freedom and openness to explore beyond an already rangy sonic palette, a newfound confidence in their creative vision. A longer period in the studio afforded the time to experiment, improvise, play, sharpen their table tennis skills.

Stumpwork was inspired by a plethora of events, concepts, and political debacles, be they represented in the icy mess of ambient elements reflecting a certain existential despair, or the surprising warmth in celebrating the lives of loved ones lost through the previous year. Surrealist lyrics are as ever at the forefront – but there is a sensitivity now to the themes of family, money, politics, self-deprecation, and sensuality. Furious alt-rock anthems combine across the record with jangle pop and ambient noise, demonstrating the wealth of influences the band feed off and their deep musicality. With the pressure of their debut album behind them, Dry Cleaning have crafted an ambitious and deeply rewarding new work that marks them out as one of the most intelligent and exciting acts to come out of the UK.

The album and single artwork were conceived and created by multi-disciplinary artists Rottingdean Bazaar and photographer Annie Collinge. James Theseus Buck and Luke Brooks of Rottingdean Bazaar first worked with Dry Cleaning directing the official video for ‘Scratchcard Lanyard’ and as their creative partnership with the band continues to flourish, they have fashioned a brilliantly unique visual identity for Stumpwork.