London’s Dry Cleaning have announced their much-anticipated EP Sweet Princess, and have shared their debut single & video ‘Magic of Meghan’, a celebratory song about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. Their debut EP has been released through Pod/Inertia Music.

The announcement continues a period of fervent activity from the band who despite having no music online, have already seen significant interest as early headline shows and a tour in support of NYC’s Bodega quickly marked out Dry Cleaning as possessing something entirely different to the rest of the pack – their wiry, excitable post-punk and new-wave paired as it is to surreal, detached vocal narratives in the form of a predominantly spoken word delivery.

In the words of vocalist Florence Shaw: ‘Dry Cleaning think Meghan is really great. The song acknowledges that following the lives of those in the public eye can provide people with an escape; an outlet for difficult emotions, and subsequently help them to cope with hard times in their lives. The song is, in part, intended to serve as a thank you to Meghan for this service. The song also aims to highlight how the news media dissect her decisions and the creative ways they conceal the misogyny and racism that is sometimes behind what they write about her (“You’re just what England needs, you’re going to change us.”)’