Live Band Members, Jack Antonoff – lead vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, samples
Evan Smith – keyboards, synthesizers, saxophone, vocals
Mikey Hart – bass, guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, piano, vocals
Sean Hutchinson – drums, sampling pad, synthesizers, backing vocals
Mike Riddleberger – drums, sampling pad, backing vocals
Bleachers' debut album Strange Desire was released July 10, 2014, from RCA Records. Variance Magazine called the single "Rollercoaster" a "brilliant summer anthem." Bleachers went on their debut Come Alive! tour, which features Night Terrors of 1927 and Joywave as opening acts, from March to April 2015. From there, they went on the Strange Desire World Tour from July to November of that same year. They juggled this with the Charli and Jack Do America Tour, a tour co-headlined by Bleachers and Charli XCX.
Bleachers' second album Gone Now was released June 2, 2017. Its lead single "Don't Take the Money" has been described by Atwood Magazine as "an epic uplifting pop-rock anthem ultimately about how when love is real, its worth everything that comes along with it". In celebration of the album release, he brought his childhood bedroom on tour with him. He had it dismantled and rebuilt inside of a portable trailer. During May and June concerts, fans could enter the "moving, living art exhibit" and listen to the album prior to its official release. Antonoff explained in a press release, saying "when I thought about where this album was coming from and what it’s kissing goodbye I thought of this room. I wished I could play the album for people who care about Bleachers in this space that it is coming from and leaving." The band was on its Gone Now Era: Part 1 tour from September to November 2017. The tour featured Tove Stryke, Bishop Briggs, and Tangerine as openers.
In September 2017, Bleachers performed on MTV Unplugged at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey. The live session was later released as an album, also entitled MTV Unplugged. The album features 11 tracks from both Gone Now and Strange Desire and was released November 10, 2017. Antonoff produced the soundtrack of Love, Simon, released on March 16, 2018. He contributed five songs, with four being credited to Bleachers—"Alfie's Song (Not So Typical Love Song)", "Rollercoaster", "Keeping a Secret", and "Wild Heart"— and one credited to his real name, a duet with MØ titled "Never Fall in Love". Throughout 2019, Bleachers released the third volume of Terrible Thrills in a series of four vinyl records, each featuring covers of songs from Gone Now by female artists as well as new demos by Bleachers.
In late 2019, Antonoff began recording the third Bleachers album. During this time the band embarked on a three-day "mini-tour" called the "I Love Making This Album but I'm Also Losing My Mind in Here & Need to Come Out and Play" Tour. On January 6, 2020, Antonoff announced on Twitter that a new Bleachers album would come within the year. In May, Bleachers was featured on Carly Rae Jepsen's song "Comeback" which was the first official release of the band in nearly two years. On the Bleachers Twitter account, a song called "Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night" has been teased for months, and starting on November 14, 2020, a phone tree was set up for fans to call to hear clips from the song.
On November 16, 2020, Bleachers released the first two singles from Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, "45" and "Chinatown", the latter featuring Bruce Springsteen. The same day it was announced that the album will be released in 2021. "Stop Making This Hurt", the third single, was released on May 18, 2021. Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night is scheduled for release on July 30.
All My Heroes
Bleachers Lyrics
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One, two, three, and
Waiting alone at the corner
Tryna get myself back home
I don't think I can talk about that
All my heroes got tired
And a love that I dreamt of
Came to me at my worst
Yeah, all the nights I don't remember
Are the ones I can't forget
When all your heroes get tired
I'll be something better yet
I remember driving out of this state
No, nothing dies
Until somebody had sold us
Somebody sold us all kinds of lies
Hey, all the nights I don't remember
Are the ones I can't forget
When all your heroes get tired
I'll be something better yet
Into focus I'll be coming
Into focus I'll be waiting
Into focus I'll be dreaming
Into focus I'll be something better yet
Into focus I'll be coming
Into focus I'll be waiting
Into focus I'll be dreaming
Into focus I'll be something better yet
Into focus I'll be coming
Into focus I'll be waiting
Into focus I'll be dreaming
Into focus I'll be something better yet
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The lyrics to Bleachers' "All My Heroes" seem to address themes of disappointment, disillusionment, and the search for purpose in one's own life when faced with the failures of those who came before. The opening lines suggest that there is some kind of unspoken taboo or trauma in the singer's past that they "can't talk about." This could be interpreted as a metaphor for the broader problems and issues that people are often hesitant to speak about openly, whether due to fear, shame, or a sense of powerlessness.
The rest of the song goes on to explore these themes through the lens of the singer's own experiences. They describe waiting alone on a street corner, presumably feeling lost and directionless, before reflecting on their own heroes and the ways in which they have disappointed them. The phrase "all my heroes got tired" could be taken to mean that even those who we look up to and admire are only human and can eventually succumb to exhaustion or defeat. The line "and a love that I dreamt of came to me at my worst" suggests that the singer may have been hoping for some sort of salvation or redemption from a romantic relationship, but that this too has not lived up to their expectations.
The song culminates in the repeated refrain of "When all your heroes get tired, I'll be something better yet," which feels like a statement of defiance and self-empowerment. Despite the disappointments and failures of those who have come before, the singer seems to be determined to find their own way forward and carve out a meaningful existence for themselves.
Line by Line Meaning
I don't think I can talk about that
The singer is hesitant to discuss a topic.
Waiting alone at the corner
Tryna get myself back home
I don't think I can talk about that
The singer is lost and struggling to find direction in their life.
All my heroes got tired
And all the days, they got short
And a love that I dreamt of
Came to me at my worst
The singer's role models and time are fleeting, but they found love during their toughest times.
Yeah, all the nights I don't remember
Are the ones I can't forget
When all your heroes get tired
I'll be something better yet
The artist's past is riddled with hazy memories, but they are determined to be a better role model than those who have let them down.
I remember driving out of this state
No, nothing dies
Until somebody had sold us
Somebody sold us all kinds of lies
The artist remembers leaving somewhere, but now realizes that people have been misled and deceived.
Into focus I'll be coming
Into focus I'll be waiting
Into focus I'll be dreaming
Into focus I'll be something better yet
The singer is determined to find clarity and become a better person in the future.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Jack Antonoff
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