Bleach Lab - 'Indigo'
Bleach Lab returns with brand new single, ‘Indigo’ out today via Nettwerk.
Bleach Lab return with new ethereal single, ‘Indigo’. With 3 previous Eps, including their most recent released EP ‘If You Only Feel It Once’ which the band have earned devoted champions at BBC 6Music, and wide critical acclaim at press. After this EP release, they stepped up to a sold-out EP release show at London’s Lafayette in November, and they have recently returned from two back-to-back tours with Priestgate and We Are Scientists to kick off the year.
Across their Eps, Bleach Lab has experimented without restriction, as they dip their toes into unfamiliar genres to fully work out what kind of band they are, and what works best for them. Guitarist Frank Wates reflects; “There have been a lot of quite big jumps in terms of influences and sound between all of our releases, and I think that’s an important part of our creative process.”
In 2021 we saw the four-piece make their mark with the release of their first two Eps, ‘A Calm Sense of Surrounding’ and ‘Nothing Feels Real’ which was produced by Stephen Street, who worked with The Smiths, The Cranberries and Blur. With one eye cast towards the band’s enduring 90s influence present in previous releases, their 2022’s ‘If You Only Feel It Once’, drove the bands vision forward, as they delved into more modern sounds. It’s through this dichotomy that Bleach Lab shine, having achieved their intention alongside producer Duncan Mills who’s worked with Peace and The Vaccines.
The release of the new single, ‘Indigo’ is a hazy cut featuring splashy cymbals and bright rhythmic guitar riffs that jangling throughout. Symbolic of a glittering summer sunset, lowering into a more overcast second act imparted by darkening strings. The track is inspired by being in a harmful relationship with somebody who repeatedly tries to convince you they’re sorry.
Bassist Josh explains that he started writing this with the chorus and without a track for it in mind. He continues that, “I liked the idea of an 80s movie where there's a man trying to apologise and get his girl back by playing music out of a boombox while she sits on the window ledge. I thought it's funny that it's romanticised in film but it would never happen in real life. So I tried to play on that a bit and relate it to repetition and how it would look like if it happened today.”
Words by Bethany Simms
