Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning (2024)

1. musicOMH.com

   Oct 20, 2022

   100

   Mesmerising as the words and delivery are, the album is also musically excellent.

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   New Long Leg by Dry CleaningNew Long Leg, by Dry Cleaning

2. Uncut

   Oct 17, 2022

   90

   If the music and lyrics are both impressive, though, it's the interaction between them that makes Stumpwork such a triumph. They work together and against each other, pushing and pulling, fighting arrhythmically or slipping into step as the moment demands. [Nov 2022, p.38]

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3. The Line of Best Fit

   Oct 24, 2022

   90

   Stumpwork is an essential album, and one of the very best of 2022.

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4. The Skinny

   Oct 18, 2022

   80

   Each instrument is put to use across multiple genres, experimenting with a collection of new sounds. The result is a moment of exciting expansion.

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5. Glide Magazine

   Oct 21, 2022

   80

   Stumpwork is bright and more exploratory than what came before, the result of a band pushing the boundaries of its sound farther than just about any of their peers without losing track of their trademark lockstep groove.

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6. DIY Magazine

   Oct 20, 2022

   80

   It’s unlikely to win over the naysayers, but, for those already enamoured with their kitchen sink Dadaism, ‘Stumpwork’ is yet more magic from Dry Cleaning.

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7. The Independent (UK)

   Oct 21, 2022

   40

   Ultimately, Dry Cleaning start to sound like a one-song idea dragged out over two albums. A slog.

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1. avaria2

   Oct 26, 2022

   10

   Stumpwork is a masterpiece! Hard to believe that it's only been just over a year ago that they've released New Long Leg and so quickly theyStumpwork is a masterpiece! Hard to believe that it's only been just over a year ago that they've released New Long Leg and so quickly they present us with a new album which moves their writing so far without compromising what makes them one of a kind.… Expand

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2. dollmouth

   Oct 21, 2022

   10

   So good. If you liked New Long Leg you’ll like this. Expands upon their sound musically, but keeps what makes them great.

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4. Deathcow

   Oct 21, 2022

   3

   I suppose that this might do it for some, but this is not "rock or even "post-rock", it is largely "post-music". It is bad backgroundI suppose that this might do it for some, but this is not "rock or even "post-rock", it is largely "post-music". It is bad background plinking thrown behind unrelated odd mutterings. A couple of tracks rise above, just like on the last album.… Expand

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