New band of the day – No 1,261: Bleached

With their tinny three-chord rumbles, punk-grrrls Jessica and Jennifer Clavin conjure the rude and rudimentary spirit of 77Hometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Jennifer Clavin (guitar) and Jessica Clavin (bass).The background: Bleached are for fans of (reverse-chronologically) Pins, Vivian Girls, Lush, Shop Assistants and Ramones, if Ramones were female. Ramones meet Ronettes? That's slightly overrating them and their surf-punk garage-pop girl-group grunge. It's very, very primitive – a bit like ...

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