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 / Wild Heart Reprise
Bleachers Lyrics
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Snow is smiling all the time
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready to move on
(From your reckless love)
The lyrics to Bleachers’s song I’m Ready to Move On / Wild Heart Reprise are an emotional exploration of feelings of liberation and readiness to leave a past relationship behind. The opening lines set a tone of peacefulness with the image of snow falling and smiling all the time, indicating that the past pain and turmoil have given way to a sense of calm acceptance. The repetition of the phrase “I’m ready to move on” underscores the singer’s determination to let go and move forward with their life, free from the constraints and hurts of the past relationship. The addition of the parenthetical “(From your reckless love)” adds a note of bitterness to the song, indicating that the relationship was damaging and that the singer is now ready to leave it behind.
Throughout the song, Bleachers explores the complex emotions of heartbreak, betrayal, and the ensuing sense of freedom that often accompanies a messy breakup. The use of winter imagery, with its connotations of introspection and renewal, complements the song’s message of leaving the past behind and embarking on a new journey of self-discovery. The poignant repetition of the phrase “snow is falling all the time” underscores the singer’s sense of unshakeable calm and acceptance, even as they move forward into the unknown.
Line by Line Meaning
Snow is falling all the time
The cold and harsh reality of life is constantly present and unavoidable, just like snow
Snow is smiling all the time
Despite the harshness of life, people still put on a happy face and try to find joy in the little things, like how snow can still look beautiful
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready to move on
I've finally found the strength and determination to let go of this toxic relationship and move on to a better future
(From your reckless love)
I've realized that the love you gave me was never truly loving or caring, but rather selfish and reckless, and I'm moving on from it
Contributed by Tristan G. Suggest a correction in the comments below.