Bleached

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Bleached
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Bleached performing at The Great Escape in May 2016.
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, United States
Genres
Years active2011 (2011)–present
Labels
MembersJennifer Clavin
Jessica Clavin
Spencer Lere
Past membersMicayla Grace
Nick Pillot
Website hellobleached.com

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.

Contents

History

Bleached performing in London in 2013 Bleached at Tufnell Park Dome, October 2013.jpg
Bleached performing in London in 2013

They formed in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California during 2011, with Mika Miko front woman Jennifer Clavin and guitarist Jessica Clavin. Micayla Grace joined in 2014 as a live member and drummer Nick Pillot in 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

The band released three singles, Francis, Carter, and "Searching Through the Past" / "Electric Chair", soon after their formation. 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] In 2014 they released an extended play, For the Feel, on 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

Jennifer Clavin performing with the band in May 2016 Jennifer Clavin of Bleached at The Great Escape, May 2016 (2).jpg
Jennifer Clavin performing with the band in May 2016

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions [12]
US
Heat [15] 		US
Indie [16]
Ride Your Heart 18—
Welcome the Worms 1546
Don't You Think You've Had Enough? ——

EPs

Singles

Notes

* Non-album single (single's title is not the title of a featured song)

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References

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