Bleached
Sun-drenched California punk with a dark side. Gritty garage rock riffs meet sweet sister harmonies for a sound that is equal parts sugar and switchblade.
Sun-drenched California punk with a dark side. Gritty garage rock riffs meet sweet sister harmonies for a sound that is equal parts sugar and switchblade.
Bleached sounds like a hazy afternoon in Los Angeles where the heat is just starting to get oppressive. It is the intersection of 1960s girl-group pop sensibilities and the raw, unwashed energy of 1970s punk. The guitars are consistently fuzzy and driving, but they are topped with vocal harmonies so precise and melodic they feel like a ghost of the Brill Building haunting a dive bar.
What makes them distinctive is the chemistry between sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin. Their voices lock together in a way that only siblings can, providing a polished, melodic counterpoint to the grit of their garage-rock foundations. While their early work leaned into lo-fi scuzz, their evolution has seen them embrace a cleaner, more muscular power-pop sound that doesn't sacrifice their signature cynicism or emotional honesty.
Start with 'Ride Your Heart' if you want the quintessential surf-punk experience, or jump to 'Don't You Think You've Had Enough?' to hear them trade the garage for a more refined, disco-inflected rock sound that explores themes of sobriety and self-growth.
Bleached is an American pop band consisting of sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, formerly of Mika Miko. The band plays a style of rock, pop, rock and roll, and indie rock. Bleached was established in Los Angeles in 2011. The group has released three studio albums, Ride Your Heart (2013), Welcome the Worms (2016) and Don't You Think You've Had Enough? (2019), all with Dead Oceans, and have charted on the Billboard charts.
Shares garage rock, power pop, indie rock (subgenres); lo fi, studio polished, analog warmth (production style)
Shares garage rock, indie rock, power pop (subgenres); dive bar, summer, road trip (atmosphere)
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Shares garage rock, power pop, indie rock (subgenres); lo fi, studio polished, analog warmth (production style)
Shares lo fi, studio polished, analog warmth (production style); power pop, indie rock, garage rock (subgenres)
Shares garage rock, indie rock, power pop (subgenres); dive bar, summer, road trip (atmosphere)
Shares lo fi, studio polished, analog warmth (production style); garage rock, indie rock, power pop (subgenres)
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