Bleach Lab proudly call themselves perfectionists. The South London band formed in 2017 as a duo of bassist Josh Longman and guitarist Frank Wates, they then recruited vocalist Jenna Kyle before reaching their final form at the start of 2021 with the recruitment of drummer Kieran Weston. After releasing three EPs, they are now gearing up for their debut album “Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness”, where the band felt free to experiment, always keeping true to their alternative nature. The songs on it are packed with widescreen, dreamy soundscapes that pushed their aesthetics forwards and continued the experimentation that exists at the heart of the project.
With wave after wave of shiver-inducing shoegaze, glistening indie rock, and dream pop wash over the ears as Bleach Lab’s debut album drenches its audience not just in breath taking sound, but in visceral emotion. Released September 22nd, 2023 via Nettwerk Music Group, “Lost in a Rush of Emptiness” is the apotheosis of everything the London quartet have built over the last four years: As enchanting as it is achingly intimate, their first full-length is an immersive collection of inner reckonings and soul-stirring reflections on what it means to be alive. They plunder the depths of their own hearts and souls, ultimately delivering an experience that is at once wondrous and wistful, thought-provoking and deeply evocative.
It feels like everything that’s come before – the grief and trauma of “A Calm Sense of Surrounding” the heartache and vulnerability of “Nothing Feels Real” the haunting beauty and seductive, raw reverie of “If You Only Feel It Once” – has been leading up to this moment.
“This album is the result of years of work,” vocalist Jenna Kyle says. “Years experimenting, finding our sound, and finding out what our music meant to us.
On this record, more than any other, you’re listening to our most personal stories, emotions, feelings, and each track means so much to us. All we hope is that you find a way to connect with these songs as much as we have.”
Bleach Lab – “Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness” released through Nettwerk Records
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