Some of you might remember Jessie and Jennifer Clavin from Mika Miko, but when that group broke up in 2009, the sisters went on to form Bleached, whose first album Ride Your Heart was a dive into a more refined direction—big guitars and big hooks.
After a bit of time to reset, the band is back with a new album, Welcome the Worms, which was produced by Joe Chiccarelli (a co-producer of Spoon’s They Want My Soul, in addition to The Strokes’ Angles), and features an expanded studio lineup to include Micayla Grace on bass (if only everyone’s names rhymed with their instruments…).
To mark the album announcement, the trio has shared a video for the first track, “Keep On Keepin’ On,” which sounds like a Cheap Trick song from the title, but more like a Runaways/Replacements hybrid from the actual music. You can take a jog with the group through a paranoid, Hawaiian Punch–filled day in LA, and go through complete album and tour info, below.
Welcome the Worms tracklisting
1. Keep On Keepin’ On
2. Trying To Lose Myself Again
3. Sleepwalking
4. Wednesday Night Melody
5. Wasted On You
6. Chemical Air
7. Sour Candy
8. Desolate Town
9. I’m All Over The Place (Mystic Mama)
10. Hollywood, We Did It All Wrong
Bleached tour dates
March
15 – Sat. March 19 – Austin, TX – SXSW
29 – Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
30 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
April
2 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar
4 – Austin, TX – Sidewinder
5 – Houston, TX – Walter’s
6 – Dallas, TX – Three Links
8 – Nashville, TN – The High Watt
9 – Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
11 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
3 – Washington, DC – DC9
15 – Boston, MA – Great Scott
16 – Montreal, QC – Bar Le Ritz POB
17 – Toronto, ON – Garrison
20 – Columbus, OH – Double Happiness
21 – Ferndale, MI – Loving Touch
22 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
23 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
25 – Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
26 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
28 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
29 – Seattle, WA – Barboza
30 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir
May
2 – San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
4 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
5 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
Welcome the Worms is out April 1 on Dead Oceans.
