Dry Cleaning en concert à Rock en Seine
Endowed with a boundless imagination, a female voice tells us spoken word stories in a style reminiscent of The Fall, set against cutting post punk flashes. That unmistakable tone belongs to the English singer Florence Shaw, the unflappable frontwoman of Dry Cleaning, whose disenchanted delivery and blazing rock energy create a destabilising push and pull. Two promising EPs led to three albums released on the cult label 4AD. Their latest, Secret Love, released in January, sees the London quartet open up new paths, notably on tracks where Florence Shaw opts for sung choruses. By the end of this forward-looking album, you are left with the feeling that this is a band destined to go far. And their high-end collaborators, including Cate Le Bon, John Parish and Jeff Tweedy, can but agree.