These seven early-twenty-somethings are part of the same South London scene that produced Black Midi, Squid, and yes, Dry Cleaning. It's virtually impossible to categorize their music, (other than avant-garde), as they mix such disparate elements as post punk, math rock, klezmer and free jazz among their influences. From their 2021 debut album For the First Time. I was gonna play "Black Sunglasses" --the first song of theirs I was introduced to--it's brilliant! Unfortunately, the lyrics to that one are decidedly NSFW. However, if you’re intrigued by “Opus”, you really need to check it out. As one witty You Tube commenter said of "singer"/guitarist Issac Wood, "I like my vocalists to sound like they're standing on a window sill yelling at a police negotiator." Perfect.
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Not really sure why the video on the front page is different from the one in the post. Be warned the one on the front page is NSFW.
It pulls from the first YouTube link.
Thanks, sean. I was able to fix it.
Here is the aforementioned "Sunglasses". NSFW (But so very good.)
Never been much for avant garde anything, but this is fun stuff.