Sam's Top 10 of 2017 #3

3.Can you Deal?-Bleached

I love this band I've made that point very clear to both them in person and in my various social media accounts but in all honesty I've yet to see any group just grow so much in so little time as these gal's have and this song is just one example of how they've really become something more than a bunch of riotous punks kicking ass and taking names.

This song for me personally is an example of every single member of this band stepping up their game ten fold and pumping out a tune that's the most musically matured thing I think they possibly have recorded with a spectacular bass groove, some wickedly air guitar ready shredding, and a chorus that's an excellent showcasing of Jennifer Clavin REALLY becoming one of her own when you get the chance to see them play it live and just bring that energy up front you come to realize this song is absolutely exceptional in every conceivable way and this band and their continued musical growth and evolution is just mind blowing because this song is just such a god damn step up in every way.

Can You Feel is a steady little number more early 90's alternative rock in feel and tone with it's fairly nondescript intro into this steady guitar line with some echoing tones you're then blasted with a series of verses that are questions to the listener that I'm sure they get quite a bit before immediately dismissing them to blast into a chorus that's an unapologetic statement of feminimity and how they're musicians and curious if, “Can You Deal?” and, “Yeah It's Real,” really fucking bad ass and after looking up the lyrics I was left with a quote from Mrs. Clavin in regards to this track and it's importance to them:

Jennifer Clavin said in the Can You Deal? Zine:

Can You Deal? is for every girl out there who is sick of every male sound engineer telling them what they think is right for their guitar set up. Can You Deal? is for every girl who has been told that “girl bands are in right now” by an A&R guy. Can You Deal? is for any girl mulling over press photos, knowing their band will be picked apart for looks and not the actual music. Can You Deal? is for everyone who can please stop referring to my band as “female fronted” or “all girl band”. It is for everyone who can stop feigning surprise every time a woman plugs in and plays well, gets behind the drums, or has the sickest bass style. It is 2017. Can you deal yet?

(Lifted directly from: https://genius.com/Bleached-can-you-deal-lyrics)

So they're a band on a mission to be something more than just a girl group which is all cool in my book especially when the music is this bad ass.

If you get the chance see this band live, buy all their albums, and tell them how they're the best people ever because if they continue to make music this apologetically great they may just very well be the next punk rock deities people.