11 Incredible Bands Ignored By The Mainstream Music Press

5. Bleech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO_Id5jwmso Brash, ballsy punk-rock at its very heart, the music of Bleech isn't really that which lends itself to biographies, descriptions, and contextual analysis. Indeed, it really is better for listeners to just play their two albums - debut 'Nude' and new release 'Humble Sky' - from start to finish and simply marvel at the quality of the songwriting. It sounds strange, doesn't it? To suggest that, in order for someone to get an idea of how good a band is, that they must actually listen to them. In an age of being inundated with press releases, hype machines, and journalists harping on about 'the next big thing', it really is refreshing for an act to merely want to let the music to do the talking. If a picture says a thousand words, then goodness knows how many words can be counted from a three-minute blast of grunge rock from the Forest Gate trio. Testament to their hard-working spirit, the band can quite regularly be found gigging here and there, specialising in making a 150-capacity hellhole feel like the 90,000 seater of Wembley, all from the huge wall of noise that the three piece create. While these sweaty back-room gigs are a thing to marvel at, it serves a huge injustice to the capabilities of the band that their iconic sound and timeless look isn't appearing on magazine covers, TV sets, and bedroom posters around the world.