Dry Cleaning with Rider/Horse

6PM Gates / 7PM Rider/Horse / 8PM Dry Cleaning | Co-Presented with Chosen Family

$30adv / $35gate  / $15 Kids (5-16) / $80 Carpool Pass (advance only) / $25 Members

Drinks by Stockade Tavern / Food by Camp Kingston, Capitol Poke and Diego's Taqueria

After a prolific 18-month period releasing two critically acclaimed John Parish-produced studio albums, New Long Leg (2021) and Stumpwork (2022), as well as last year’s companion release the five-track Swampy EP, South London’s Dry Cleaning are taking a moment to reflect on their journey and pay homage to their roots. Dry Cleaning’s origin story is well known by now. Guitarist Tom Dowse, drummer Nick Buxton, and bassist Lewis Maynard had been friends and musical collaborators for years, and invited mutual friend Florence Shaw – a visual artist, picture researcher and drawing lecturer – to join the band in 2017. With clear musical influences from the Feelies, the Necessaries, the B52s and Pylon, and constrained by the small garage space they rehearsed in, Dry Cleaning were drawn to making simple music; direct and uncomplicated, anything superfluous was left behind. 

By March 2018 the group had recorded the six-track debut EP Sweet Princess with producer Kristian Craig Robinson at Total Refreshment Centre in a single day. Two months later, in May 2018, the band played their first live show in Dalston at the Shacklewell Arms, and released the EP in August. Sweet Princess was a thrilling debut, its dizzying and restless instrumentals with Shaw’s sardonic vocals delivering a satirical collage of witty observations and social commentary. A further 6 songs in the form of the Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks EP quickly followed two months after. It was named in tribute to the band’s rehearsal space in Maynard’s family’s south London (Sidcup) home, and to his mother Susan whose home-cooked meals sustained the four friends in between sessions. With singles like ‘Sit Down Meal’ and ‘Viking Hair’, Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks is a powerful companion to Sweet Princess. They share a similar pent-up energy, unsurprising given they came to life in the same environment those EPs were created in, an environment that had a huge influence on the band during those formative years.

Opening set from Kingston industrial-fuzz rockers Rider/Horse. 

What to expect when attending an event at Opus 40:

-Entry is at 356 George Sickle Rd, Saugerties, NY

-COVID Policy: we are an entirely outdoor / open air venue, and we do not require masking at events. Occasionally, events are moved indoors due to weather, in those cases if you do not feel comfortable being indoors we will offer a full refund. 

-No Pets (sorry, we love animals!)

-All Events are All Ages unless noted otherwise. Children under 5 are free. Please be considerate that this is a concert and not a playground, and that all children under 16 must be with guardian on the sculpture. See Children Safety Rules for more

-Concerts may be canceled if there are sustained heavy rain storms. All ticket buyers will get an email and full refunds. Updates will be on our facebook + instagram as well

-Bring a chair / picnic blanket. We also have a limited number of wooden folding chairs and picnic tables on site.

-No Outside Food or Alcoholic Beverages. Outside snacks and non-alcoholic beverages are OK (small coolers only). Every show has 1-2 food local vendors onsite as well as cocktails/beer/wine at the Stockade Tavern barcart. Water/Drinks, Snacks and more available in the gift shop.

-The Sculpture typically closes when music begins or at Sunset. We encourage you to come early (at Gates Time) and explore the grounds!

-ADA parking is available (follows signage) and Carpooling is always encouraged!

Enjoy the show and do not hesitate to reach out with any questions: info@opus40.org or visit our FAQs page