Bleachers is an American indie act based in New Jersey. It is the official … Read Full Bio ↴Bleachers is an American indie act based in New Jersey. It is the official stage name of songwriter and record producer Jack Antonoff. Bleachers' music is heavily influenced by the '70s, late '80s, early '90s and the high school-based films of John Hughes while still using modern production techniques.
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.
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.
I'm Ready To Move On / Mickey Mantle
Bleachers Lyrics
I got one light and dim for another
Why wait a minute to tell her I love her?
I'm waitin' on the side of the road tonight
The stars are out but she's burnin' brighter and
These nights are never the same
At the bus stop alone but it never came
I'm waitin' on the side of the road tonight
The stars are out but she's burnin' brighter
I got one dream, been hurting me forever
Why wait a minute to tell her I'm better?
I'm waitin' on the side of the road tonight
The stars are out and she's burnin' brighter and
These nights are never the same
I'm at the bus stop alone but it never came
I'm waitin' on the side of the road tonight
The stars are out but she's burnin' brighter
Rollin' thunder had cursed my bedroom (hey)
I wanna get free
From your world, from your bad dream
I wanna get lost
But there's still so much I'd like to say
Hey, there's still so much I'd like to say
Hey, there's still so much I'd like to say
Hey
Goodbye to the friends I had
Goodbye to my upstairs neighbor
Goodbye to the kids downstairs and
Everybody who lent me a favor
Goodbye to the dream I had
Yeah, I thought I could save it (and it feels very strange)
Goodbye to the kids I had (I've gotta get myself back home soon)
Everybody who lent me a favor
(Where the experience is at)
(I wanna be grateful, I, I wanna be)
(Everybody's looking for someone to love)
(I feel like I'm building something here, like a family, like a normal family)
(You know they're out there)
(And I feel like I'm missing more and more every time and it feels very strange)
(And every time I go back it gets harder because I get older)
(You've changed, you, you've changed)
(You, you've changed)
(Tryna get myself back home)
(I gotta get myself back home soon)
Why wait a minute to tell her I love her?
I'm waitin' on the side of the road tonight
The stars are out but she's burnin' brighter and
These nights are never the same
At the bus stop alone but it never came
I'm waitin' on the side of the road tonight
The stars are out but she's burnin' brighter
I got one dream, been hurting me forever
I'm waitin' on the side of the road tonight
The stars are out and she's burnin' brighter and
These nights are never the same
I'm at the bus stop alone but it never came
I'm waitin' on the side of the road tonight
The stars are out but she's burnin' brighter
Rollin' thunder had cursed my bedroom (hey)
I wanna get free
From your world, from your bad dream
I wanna get lost
But there's still so much I'd like to say
Hey, there's still so much I'd like to say
Hey, there's still so much I'd like to say
Hey
Goodbye to the friends I had
Goodbye to my upstairs neighbor
Goodbye to the kids downstairs and
Everybody who lent me a favor
Goodbye to the dream I had
Yeah, I thought I could save it (and it feels very strange)
Goodbye to the kids I had (I've gotta get myself back home soon)
Everybody who lent me a favor
(Where the experience is at)
(I wanna be grateful, I, I wanna be)
(Everybody's looking for someone to love)
(I feel like I'm building something here, like a family, like a normal family)
(You know they're out there)
(And I feel like I'm missing more and more every time and it feels very strange)
(And every time I go back it gets harder because I get older)
(You've changed, you, you've changed)
(You, you've changed)
(Tryna get myself back home)
(I gotta get myself back home soon)
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Jack Antonoff, Samuel Joseph Dew
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