Reflection and purification are two major dangers to punk music. It hit California sisters Jennifer and Jessica Clavin, who have been the linchpin of the band Bleached since 2011. For years, the two graceful sisters dealt with uninhibited punk pop with sunny harmony vocals and quasi assertive lyrics. Now that they are known, they wonder on their third album what all this is good for. Already in
… opener Heartbeat Away, Jennifer complains that she longs for 'the underground'. Musically this is packaged in more pop and less punk. Hard To Kill even plays with disco. The open-mindedness that was once their strongest asset is missing on Don't You Think You've Had Enough !. That was exchanged for mediocre maturity and unfortunately not too strong pop songs. (MR)more