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.
Wild Heart
Bleachers Lyrics
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And as I sat with the echoes of lies that I told
I felt young, never changed by crooked hearts
So put the shotgun back in the glove
Come on and wait another year for dreams far away
To come home, to be brave
Well, everything has changed
And now it's only you that matters
I will find any way to your wild heart
They boarded up the windows and the doors to my house
No one will ever read the letters or the lies that I told
From the years I was changed
By crooked hearts
Why did they have to go and do us like that?
Why did they have to go and run from the dream far away
Were we there? Was I brave?
To think everything must die
For anyone to matter
Got to find any way to your wild heart
I will find any way to your wild heart
I will find any way
Everything has changed and
Now I can't tell what matters
I will find any way to your wild heart
Your wild heart
Your wild heart
Your wild heart
Your wild heart
Your wild heart
Your wild heart
Your wild heart
(Your wild heart)
The lyrics to Bleachers's song Wild Heart are full of nostalgia and regret, as the singer reflects on lost love and missed opportunities. The song opens with the image of the parkway closing late at night, which sets a somewhat ominous tone. As the singer sits with the echoes of lies they've told, they feel young and unchanged by the "crooked hearts" that have affected them in the past. Despite this sense of regret, however, the singer seems to hold out hope for a brighter future, urging themselves to "wait another year for dreams far away / to come home, to be brave."
As the song progresses, it becomes clear that the singer has lost someone important to them. The windows and doors of their house are boarded up, and no one will ever read the letters or lies they've told. They wonder why things had to turn out this way and ask if they were brave enough in the past. The chorus repeats the sentiment that "everything has changed," but in this case, it's only the person they're singing to that matters. They vow to find any way possible to reach their "wild heart."
Overall, the lyrics to Wild Heart are poignant and introspective, capturing the feeling of loss and the desire to reconnect with someone important. The song is about the ways in which we can lose sight of what matters most in life, and the need to reconnect with those things even in the face of adversity.
Line by Line Meaning
They closed the parkway late last night
The parkway was closed and the singer was left alone with the lies that they told.
And as I sat with the echoes of lies that I told
The singer was sitting and reflecting on the lies they had told.
I felt young, never changed by crooked hearts
Despite being lied to, the singer still feels youthful and unaffected by deceitful people.
So put the shotgun back in the glove
The artist has decided to put aside any violent or harmful inclinations they may have had.
Come on and wait another year for dreams far away
The artist is being told to be patient and wait for their distant dreams.
To come home, to be brave
When their dreams do come true, the singer wants to be courageous and ready.
Well, everything has changed
The situation has become different.
And now it's only you that matters
The only thing that matters now is the person the artist is addressing.
I will find any way to your wild heart
The artist will do whatever it takes to win over the person they are addressing.
They boarded up the windows and the doors to my house
The artist's home has been sealed off and cut off from the outside world.
No one will ever read the letters or the lies that I told
The singer's secrets and deceptions are now forever hidden.
From the years I was changed
The artist has changed over time because of experiences they went through.
By crooked hearts
The singer was affected by people who were deceitful and untrustworthy.
Why did they have to go and do us like that?
The singer is lamenting the actions of those who hurt them.
Why did they have to go and run from the dream far away
The singer is questioning why their dreams seemed so out of reach.
Were we there? Was I brave?
The artist is reflecting on their past and wondering if they were brave in certain moments.
To think everything must die
The artist is contemplating the nature of mortality and how everything will eventually come to an end.
For anyone to matter
In order for anything to hold any significance, it must eventually pass away.
Got to find any way to your wild heart
The singer feels like they must win over the person they are addressing.
Your wild heart
The idea of the person's wild heart is repeated throughout the song, suggesting that it is a central theme.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave
Written by: Jack Antonoff, John Hill
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