Three bands and a post-Brexit trend in British rock

The term post-punk is applied to such a broad range of music that it is like a bucket into which you can dump almost any rock band from the late 1970s and thereafter. At first Dry Cleaning’s songs could make you focus almost entirely on the vocals of Shaw. In the debut album’s Unsmart Lady, she sings: If you like a girl, be nice/ It's not rocket science/ A tanned foot squeezed hopefully into a short boot/ A Kerry Bog Pony/ High fever/ Hair remover/ Hair remover/ High fever/ Hair remover… Shaw’s vocals are layered over tight guitar riffs, deep hook-filled basslines and percussion that bring her lyrics, delivered laconically, alive. Like their compatriots Squid, Dry Cleaning clearly seem to herald a new wave in British rock. Squid, Dry Cleaning and Sleaford Mods are just three of many bands at the forefront of the emerging trend in Britain’s rock landscape.