Los Angeles-based sister duo Jennifer and Jessie Clavin knew that things were
going to be
different for their band Bleached sophomore album'Welcome TheWorms'. Not only
had
they managed to charm world renowned producer and engineer, Joe Chiccarelli
(Morrissey,
The Strokes, Elton John) to join the sisters and their bassist Micayla Grace in
the studio, but
Jen and Jessie had been crawling out of their own personal dramas. Jessie was
evicted from
her house and scrambling, while Jen ended a torrid, unhealthy romance. While
emotionally
spinning, she dove head first into music.
The 10-song LP was born out of triple the amount of demos. Sometimes the
three girls spent
time writing at a remote house in Joshua Tree away from the seemingly
destructive city
Welcome The Worms is an ambitious rock record with a new found pop refinement
that
somehow still feels like the Shangri-Las on speed, driven forward in a wind of
pot and
petals, a wall of guitars in the back seat.