Bleached (band)
Bleached | |
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Origin | Los Angeles, California |
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Years active | 2011 | –present
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hellobleached |
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Jennifer Clavin Jessica Clavin Micayla Grace Nick Pillot |
Bleached are an American punk rock and pop punk band consisting of sisters Jennifer Clavin and Jessica Clavin, formerly of Mika Miko, and Micayla Grace formerly of a Leopold & His Fiction. The band plays a style of punk rock, pop punk, alternative rock, rock and roll, indie pop, indie rock, and pop rock music. Bleached was established in Los Angeles, California in 2011. The group have released two studio albums, Ride Your Heart (2013) and Welcome the Worms (2016), both with Dead Oceans, and charting on the Billboard magazine charts.
Background
They formed in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California during 2011, with Mika Miko front woman, Jennifer Clavin and guitarist Jessica Clavin, while they added bassist, Micayla Grace, who was a member of Leopold & His Fiction, and drummer Nick Pillot.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Music history
The band commenced as a musical entity in 2011, with releasing three extended plays, Francis, Carter, and Searching Through the Past b/w Electric Chair. Their subsequent release, a studio album, Ride Your Heart, was released on April 2, 2013,[10] by Dead Oceans.[11] This album charted on the Billboard magazine Heatseekers Albums chart, where it peaked at No. 18.[12] They released, an extended play, For the Feel, in 2014, from Dead Oceans. The group released another studio album, Welcome the Worms, on April 1, 2016,[13] with Dead Oceans.[14] The album peaked on the Heatseekers Albums chart at No. 15,[15] while it placed on the Independent Albums chart at No. 46.[16]
Members
- Current members
- Jennifer Francis Clavin (born December 30, 1983,[17] San Francisco, California) – lead vocals
- Jessica Carter Clavin (born August 1, 1986,[18] Los Angeles, California) – lead guitar
- Micayla Grace (born Micayla Grace Nestor: September 9, 1980)[19] – bass
- Nicholas Grant "Nick" Pillot (born May 21, 1992)[20] – drums
Discography
- Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions[12] | |
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US Heat[15] |
US Indie[16] | ||
Ride Your Heart |
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18 | — |
Welcome the Worms |
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15 | 46 |
- EPs
- Francis (2011, Post Present Medium)
- Carter (2011, Art Fag Recordings)
- Searching Through the Past b/w Electric Chair (2011, Suicide Squeeze)
- For the Feel (2014, Dead Oceans)
References
- ↑ Phares, Heather. "Bleached : Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Martens, Todd (April 1, 2016). "Echo Park punk band Bleached embraces life's darkness, with an almost beachy exuberance". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Lester, Paul (May 1, 2012). "Bleached (No 1,261)". The Guardian. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ McDermott, Emily (April 4, 2016). "Bleached to the Bone". Interview. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Brodsky, Rachel (December 16, 2015). "Bleached Ditch the Surfboards on 'Super-Confident' New Album". Spin. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Young, Alex (March 12, 2012). "Interview: Jennifer and Jessica Clavin (of Bleached)". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Santiago, Jamie (June 2, 2013). "Interview with Jessica Clavin of Bleached". Bare. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Saver, Cooper (March 19, 2013). "Q&A with Bleached". Anthem. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Lindner, Emmett (December 1, 2011). "Interview: Talking With Jessica Clavin of Bleached". Bloginity. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Phares, Heather (April 2, 2013). "Ride Your Heart – Bleached : Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ CBS Interactive. "Critic reviews for Ride Your Heart by Bleached". Metacritic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- 1 2 Billboard. "Bleached : Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ Phares, Heather (April 1, 2016). "Welcome the Worms – Bleached : Review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ CBS Interactive. "Critic reviews for Welcome the Worms by Bleached". Metacritic. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- 1 2 Billboard. "Bleached - Chart history (Top Heatseekers Albums)". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- 1 2 Billboard. "Bleached - Chart history (Independent Albums)". Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ↑ California Birth Index. "Jennifer Francis Clavin, Born 12/30/1983 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ California Birth Index. "Jessica Carter Clavin, Born 08/01/1986 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ California Birth Index. "Micayla Grace Nestor, Born 09/09/1980 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ↑ California Birth Index. "Nicholas Grant Pillot, Born 05/21/1992 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved April 10, 2016.