Chicago band Blood Club make postpunk for true believers - Chicago Reader

Blood Club released a statement of purpose of sorts with their April single, "No Quiero Bailar" ("I Don't Want to Dance"). The Chicago-based Mexican American band included the song on their debut album, May's Lovesick, and though it features spiky, tightly wound rhythms that winkingly repudiate dance-floor pop, it still has a beat that kids in dark eye makeup can sway and nod to. Front man Jesse Flores made similarly morose sounds with his previous band French Police, but since forming Blood Club with bassist Daniel Vela and guitarist Jorge Calderon, he's moved further away from that group's indie-rock influences to focus on goth and goth alone. He belts out lyrics like "Since I fell for you / Why can't you fall for me?" (from the 2024 single "Fall for Me") in the sort of alienated baritone monotone that's de rigueur in the genre. There's not much stylistic variation in the band's output, which aside from Lovesick also includes a couple self-released EPs, 2022's Current Lust and 2023's Crybaby, and a recent session for Audiotree. But stylistic variation isn't really the point here -- Blood Club make music for the true fans who want what they want and want it dressed up in black. If that's you, Blood Club's live shows won't disappoint.