Blemish

**"Blemish"** is a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland by members vocalist Jamie Logan, guitarists Dylan McVey and Sean Ritchie.

In 2022, the band's lineup changed with the departure of Sean, leaving Jamie and Dylan the only members of the band. However Sean was later replaced by Mikey Kokot. In 2023 the band's lineup changed again with the departure of Dylan.

## Backstory

Members Jamie Logan, Dylan McVey and Sean Ritchie were members of multiple rock bands within the Glasgow music scene prior to forming Blemish and releasing their first EP "A Life Without Colour".

## Formation (2021)

On October 11th 2021, Jamie posted that they were waiting for demos to be sent to them from guitarist Dylan McVey, confirming that he was a part of the upcoming project. On October 13th, Jamie posted that he was writing a new album. On October 18th, Jamie posted a voice clip to his Instagram story of a new song. On October 28th, Jamie revealed that Jack Very (who was previously featured on the band's single "Fade Here") was possibly working with the new band.

On December 5th, Jamie posted that they were recording with both Dylan McVey and Sean Ritchie formerly of DETER confirming that Sean was a part of the new band. On December 6th, the band's name was confirmed to be Blemish. The same day Jamie tweeted that they had recorded harmonies, piano and vocals for an upcoming song. On December 13th, Jamie posted lyrics of an upcoming song titled "Linger In My Skin" onto Twitter. On December 16th, Jamie tweeted that they recorded vocals and harmonies for three songs and Dylan was composing a new instrumental. On December 19th, Jamie tweeted that there was a song titled "Memories", describing it as an 'absolute ripper'. On December 31st, the Blemish social medias were officially launched.

## First Singles, Debut Show and Debut Album (2022 - present)

On January 6th, 2022, the band posted a Bandcamp link to their (formerly DETER's) EP "A Life Without Colour". On January 16th, the band posted a few pictures of Dylan recording guitar for the album. On January 26th, the band posted to their social medias that they would be doing a livestream on Instagram and requested from fans which songs would they want to hear acoustically. On January 27th, the band posted images of Dylan taken from a photoshoot shot by Jamie. On January 28th, the band posted that they were filming a music video. On January 20th, the band posted a picture taken by Mikey Kokot of MK Media showing Dylan and Jamie, confirming that Sean had departed from the band.

On February 5th, the band did a livestream on Instagram playing acoustic versions of their songs "Linger", "Absent" and "Underneath", they also announced a headline show for the 30th of July.

On March 27th, a story was posted to the band's Instagram showing the editing for a music video for a new song called "My Love Is Not Enough". On March 30th, the band posted images of their upcoming single "My Love Is Not Enough".

On April 1st, the band posted a sneak peek of the music video for "My Love Is Not Enough". The band's YouTube channel was also launched the same day revealing that the song would be released on April 8th. On April 8th, "My Love Is Not Enough" was released. On April 10th, Jamie and Dylan posted that they were filming a music video in an unknown location. On April 28th, the band announced that their second single "Linger" would be released on May 13th.

On May 6th, the band posted that they were interviewed by Glasgow Standard. The article confirmed that the band's debut show would take place in July. On May 13th, "Linger" was officially released. On May 21st, the band announced their debut show at 13th Note in Glasgow, with support from Nathan McDermott, Lure In and Atheana. On May 24th, it was confirmed that a band named Altered was added to the lineup.

On July 7th, the band held their first rehearsal. On July 24th, it was announced that the band Altered would not be performing at Blemish's debut show due to unknown reasons. On July 28th, Jamie posted a video to their story revealing the band's full touring lineup consisting of the band's photographer Mikey Kokot, Ian Allan and Jamie's brother David Ball. On July 30th, the band held their debut show at 13th Note. Shortly after the show, Mikey was made an official member.

On November 30th, after months of no update, it was confirmed that Blemish were indeed still together showing a snippet of "Memories" confirming that they would be releasing the song in 2023.

On December 31st, Jamie posted on the band's Facebook group "Bleghmishcore" that the band had gone on hiatus after the 13th Note show due to members of the band's personal lives. They also officially confirmed that Mikey Kokot was an official member of the band.

On January 2nd, 2023, the band posted another snippet of "Memories" to all their social medias officially confirming that they would be releasing more music later in the year.

On February 11th to 13th, Dylan and Jamie posted to their social medias that they were in the process of recording the final touches of the band's debut album. On February 19th, the band posted an image of Jamie, Dylan and Mikey with distorted faces with the tagline 'I won't forget your face' with the numbers 3/3, possibly meaning a new release is set for that date. The next day on February 20th, the band announced that they would be releasing "Memories" as their first release of 2023, the song will feature Cameron Wilson of the band Lure In. on February 26th, the band announced that they would be supporting Cut Short along with Raised By Wolves and INDIGØ HØRIZØN at the Jacaranda in Liverpool on March 28th. It was confirmed the same day that David Ball would be returning to play bass for the show.

On March 3rd, "Memories" was released. On March 17th, Jamie posted on their Instagram story that they were editing a music video for "Memories". On March 28th, the band played their second show at the Jacaranda in Liverpool, drummer Iain Allen returned to the band for the show.

On May 1st, a music visualiser video was released for "Memories".

On July 22nd and 23rd, previous photoshoots of the band was posted to the band's social media. On July 29th and 30th, the band posted a photoshoot of Jamie, Mikey and an unknown new member. Dylan was not included in these photoshoots due to him departing the band to focus on Sixth Wonder.

On November 2nd, the band posted a snippet of an unreleased song to their Instagram story.

## Live appearances

In 2022, the band played their debut show at the 13th Note in Glasgow, Scotland with support from Lure In, Atheana and Nathan McDermott. They played a setlist of seven songs.

The band played their second show at the Jacaranda in Liverpool on March 28th supporting Cut Short.

## Discography

### Singles

* Underneath (2021)
* Sick & Tired (2021)
* Fade Here (2021)
* Despondent/Dependent (2021)
* My Love Is Not Enough (2022)
* Linger (2022)
* Memories (2023)

## Band Members

### Current Members

* Jamie Logan - Lead Vocals, Piano (2021 - present)
* Mikey Kokot - Guitar (2022 - present)

### Former Members

* Sean Ritchie - Guitar (2021 - 2022)
* Dylan McVey - Guitar, Bass (2021 - 2023)

### Touring Members

* Iain Allan - Drums (2022 - present)
* David Ball - Bass (2022 - present)

## Trivia

* The band was formed in the aftermath of the breakup of Jamie, Sean and Dylan's previous band.
* It is unknown how much Sean Ritchie contributed to the band before his departure.
* With the departure of guitarists Sean and Dylan, lead vocalist Jamie Logan is the only remaining original member.