BLEED Stream Long-Awaited Debut Album

Bleed’s introductory EP Somebody’s Closer was initially self-released through digital platforms in 2021. Despite no physical release at the time, the EP—  invoking late 90’s / early 00’s era alt rock / metal—  gained the Dallas, Texas-based band a lot of buzz with its gauzy distortion balancing tension and atmosphere, and via several mutual connections came to the attention of 20 Buck Spin. The label issued vinyl and cassette editions in 2022 bringing Bleed’s music to new audiences and wider attention. Since that time the anticipation for the band’s debut full length has built to fever pitch, and at long last their new album will arrive May 2, 2025.  Today, Bleed are streaming the album in full.

Bleed maintains the melodic heaviness and tight song structures of the band’s EP, while diving headfirst into the oceanic haze, pushing their sound into territory more immersive, relentless and hypnotically lush. Guitars surge and sway in stacked waves of gravitational angst, overdriven rhythms eccentrically pulsing beneath, and guitarist / singer Ryan Hughes’s voice floating in and out, sometimes distant and detached, sometimes cracked open with desperation. Lyrics move in fragments, alluding to themes of deep internal struggle, coping mechanisms and hurting those you love most. It’s music that doesn’t so much demand attention as seeps straight into the bloodstream, the kind of album that endlessly loops in the back of the mind at 3 a.m.   

Bold strides are taken right out of the gate to make the authenticity of Bleed’s universe more expansive in its inspirations and ambitions. There’s a confidence to the way Bleed lets these songs unfold, they make their impact immediate and have no need to persist longer than necessary. The result is an album that feels massive yet intimate, brutal yet beautiful, familiar yet singular. It doesn’t simply leave an impression, it lingers, reverberating long after the final notes have faded. 

Pre-order Bleed here ahead of its May 2nd release date and see the band on tour:

May 1 Austin, TX – 29th Street Ballroom [record release show]
May 2  Dallas, TX – Sons of Hermann Hall [record release show]

May 17  Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s %
May 18  Chicago, IL – Subterranean %
May 20  Minneapolis, MN – Legion Hall %
May 21  Lawrence, KS – The Bottleneck %
May 23  Denver, CO – HQ %
May 25  Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court %
May 27  Seattle, WA – The Vera Project %
May 28  Portland, OR – McMenamins Mission Theater  %
May 30  Berkeley, CA – 924 Gilman %
May 31  Los Angeles, CA – The Midnight Hour Records %
Jun. 01  Anaheim, CA – Chain Reaction %
Jun. 03  Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge %

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