New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Chicago surf-punk powerhouse Bleach Party will self-release their first full-length album, NOLA, on November 9, 2018. The band rocks the Empty Bottle on Thursday, November 8th to celebrate. On NOLA - the title inspired by a photograph taken during a 2017 tour to the Big Easy - Bleach Party sheds their previous garage rock leanings for an edgier, punchier guitar-driven sound.
Drawing inspirations from bombastic '70s classic rock, the urgency of early '80s punk, and a dash of '90s alt rock,
Bleach Party play to their strengths on NOLA.
Drummer Kaylee Preston's thunderous-and-airtight beats, guitarist Bart Pappas' spirited licks, and bassist Richard Giraldi's thick but playful low-end power frontwoman Meg MacDuff's earnest anthems. MacDuff's tongue-in-cheek lyricism documents personal experiences and encounters from relationships ("Tom Cruise Control") to UFOs ("Talkin' Bout UFOs"), and her words are only matched by her powerfully dynamic vocals, which take center stage here. " No Vacancy" is a chugging live-in-the-moment anthem that finds the band channeling their inner Buzzcocks, while "Entertain Yourself" is an ode to childhood imagination in the shape of a big Who-esque rocker.
With NOLA, Bleach Party has finally crafted a record that successfully bottles up the raw, vivacious energy of their much-lauded live show. Bleach Party seems to be maturing in all the right places on NOLA, but the music rocks harder than ever.
NOLA is available for pre-order now on Bleach Party's Bandcamp page.
Thursday, November 8, at the Empty Bottle Bleach Party Record Release with Peach Fuzz and Chicken Happen.
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