The badass indie rock group Bleached announced the release of their newest album Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? which will be released this July 12th via Dead Oceans. This exciting announcement came with the release of their second single off the album “Hard to Kill” along with its own aesthetically pleasing music video. “Hard to Kill” follows the release of their first single off of Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? titled “Shitty Ballet.” Additionally, Bleached announced dates for their upcoming tour between May and October of this year.
Musically, the song has a simple sound. The drums maintain a steady and repeating rhythm throughout while the rhythm guitar does the same, switching between a few chords over the course of a few measures throughout. Layered over this is a plain whistled melody that also repeats throughout. The Clavin sisters come in with their vocals shortly after the song begins. Even though they don’t display a large vocal range, their singing fits in nicely with the simplicity of the song. Their lyrics display a heartfelt struggle amongst the singer and outside factors which culminates in the line “Turns out I’m too hard to kill.” Listen to the song and watch the video here:
The video begins in front of an art deco building with a 60s font placed over the clip. “Hard to Kill” is essentially a retro throwback complete with pink lipstick, dancing legs, and handcuffs. It’s quirkiness and retro noir theme are incredibly engaging. Throughout the video, the Clavin sisters remain empowered as they fight their inner demons and come out victorious. In regards to the video Jennifer Clavin stated that to her, the song and video is about, “staring down the road towards death and realizing I needed to wake up and get out of my selfish patterns of self destruction.”
Here’s the track list for Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough? below:
1. Heartbeat Away
2. Hard to Kill
3. Daydream
4. I Get What I Need
5. Somebody Dial 911
6. Kiss You Goodbye
7. Rebound City
8. Silly Girl
9. Valley to LA
10. Real Life
11. Awkward Phase
12. Shitty Ballet
Here are the tour dates below:
5/20 Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theater *
5/21 St Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
5/22 Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall *
5/24 Denver, CO @ Gothic Hall *
5/25 Salt Lake City, UT @ Union Events Center *
5/28 Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater *
5/29 San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park *
7/11 Los Angeles, CA @ Moroccan Theater
8/22 London, UK @ The Lexington
8/24 Reading, UK @ Reading Festival
8/25 Leeds, UK @ Leeds Festival
9/7 Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
9/9 Austin, TX @ Barracuda
9/10 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
9/11 Houston, TX @Satellite Bar
9/13 New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
9/14 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade (Hell)
9/15 Raleigh, NC @ Motorco
9/17 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
9/19 Brooklyn, NY @ Elsewhere
9/20 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA
9/21 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
9/23 Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
9/24 Columbus, OH @ The Basement
9/25 Nashville, TN @ Exit In
9/27 Urbana, IL @ Pygmalion Festival
9/28 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
9/29 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10/1 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room (Outdoors)
10/3 Denver, CO @Globe Hall
10/5 Boise, ID @ The Olympic
10/7 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
10/8 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
10/9 Portland, OR @ Star Theater
10/11 Oakland, CA @ New Parish
* = w/ Refused and The Hives
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