This April, Bleached will rejoin the scene with a new album titled Welcome The Worms. The album, as singer Jennifer Clavin told The FADER, will be the "darkest" the L.A. garage-pop crew have made to-date.
Case in point, the first single off the album, "Keep On Keepin' On," is a sneering soundtrack to a souring relationship and a gentle reminder to keep on keepin' on regardless. "It may be one of the more poppier songs," Clavin said, "but its subject is about sticking with someone through thick and thin, no matter how fucked up they are." And so, she sings: I'll be a good girl and I won't mention yesterday because I really want you today.
This sentiment is brought to life in the Lana Kim-directed video, which premieres today on The FADER, with long shots of the girls sprinting through a dark night. "You never see who or what we're running from or being stalked by," pointed out. "I personally feel like I was doing a lot of running in the last few years and it wasn't until I started facing my fears that I felt like I was finally living."
Welcome The Worms is out April 1 on Dead Oceans. See a full tracklisting for the album, as well as the band's upcoming tourdates, below.
Welcome The Worms Tracklisting:
01. Keep On Keepin' On
02. Trying To Lose Myself Again
04. Wednesday Night Melody
03. Sleepwalking
05. Wasted On You
06. Chemical Air
07. Sour Candy
08. Desolate Town
09. I'm All Over The Place (Mystic Mama)
10. Hollywood, We Did It All Wrong
Bleached Tour Dates:
Tue. Mar. 15 - Sat. March 19 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
Tue. Mar. 29 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
Wed. Mar. 30 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Sat. Apr. 2 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Mon. Apr. 4 - Austin, TX @ Sidewinder
Tue. Apr. 5 - Houston, TX @ Walter’s
Wed. Apr. 6 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links
Fri. Apr. 8 - Nashville, TN @ The High Watt
Sat. Apr. 9 - Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
Mon. Apr. 11 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Wed. Apr. 13 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Fri. Apr. 15 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
Sat. Apr. 16 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz POB
Sun. Apr. 17 - Toronto, ON @ Garrison
Wed. Apr. 20 - Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness
Thu. Apr. 21 - Ferndale, MI @ Loving Touch
Fri. Apr. 22 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sat. Apr. 23 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Mon. Apr. 25 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Tue. Apr. 26 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
Thu. Apr. 28 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
Sat. Apr. 30 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
Mon. May 2 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
Wed. May 4 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
Thu. May 5 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Tue. May 17 - Manchester, UK @ Gulivers
Wed. May 18 - London, UK @ Moth Club
Thu. May 19 – Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape Festival @ Horatios
Fri. May 20 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
Sat. May 21 - Eindhoven, NL @ Stroomhuis
Fri. Apr. 29 - Seattle, WA @ Barboza