Bleachers - s/t (March 8, 2024)

Bleachers - Bleachers Alternative Cover 1 Double Vinyl. Dirty Hit.

 

Alma Mater is kind of a slog. Polar opposite of Modern Girl.

 

Lot o' Bleachers

 

Alma Mater is dope.

 

Alma Mater is probably a song that fits the overall vibe of the record, being placed at track 5. Slows things down a bit...I'll withhold judgment until I hear it in context.

 

I hope they release a bunch of singles so i can make sure i actually like this a bit before pre-ordering the vinyl lol

 

Always ready for new Bleachers, but not high on "Alma Mater" immediately. Like I said in the other thread, the first minute sounds like a really nice interlude, then it goes places I don't really like. Good Tom Waits reference though.

 

Wonder if he does arenas on his next tour

 

I really put myself in a bad position for this preorder period by buying all of the different cover variants for the last record.

 

He’s playing a 5,000 capacity venue in Chicago next month that isn’t sold out, I don’t think he’s quite at arena level yet.

 

Yeah I love Bleachers but absolutely not ordering all the vinyl covers/variants for this. It would be great if there was a deluxe digital download/CD with all the extra bonus tracks though...I'd get that.

 

Yeah good call, although I think he did the Forum in LA in 2022. Could probably co-headline an arena tour with Beabadoobee or someone of that level.

 

New song has a 1975 interlude vibe to it. Weird choice as the second song released, but I could see me liking it a lot more within the context of the album.

 

I don’t think I realized this was on Dirty Hit

 

Hopefully this wins me back. We’ll see.

 

Alma Mater is better than what these reactions were making me think, it's certainly better than the worst tracks on the last album. Hearing some Lana vocals as well

 

Same, he went from an instant pre-order to a wait and see artist for me.

This new song ... ain't helping tho.

 

This song feels like it'll grow. Also love when an artist drops a self-titled mid-career.

 

https://store.dirtyhit.co.uk/format/1436005-bleachers-alternative-cover-1-double-vinyl

available to pre-order on a Dirty Hit store exclusive red and white marbled double vinyl available in 4 alternative covers. The Dirty Hit store vinyl features exclusive bonus tracks not available anywhere else.

All the covers/pre-orders.

 

Song is kinda cool, just a weird track for a single.

 

Here for it

 

Literally same. $40+shipping and handling is aggressive for how much I didn't enjoy the last album, and how much I HATE Alma Mater as a currently released lol

 

Actually like this quite a bit. It reminds me a lot of Gone Now tbh, that album had a few songs that felt more like extended interludes. Helps that Lana is on this though, and used much better than she was on Secret Life.

And Modern Girl is still great so I'm pretty optimistic for this album.

 

There’s a rich depth to the band’s sound on ‘Bleachers’ laid out in bright, soulful technicolour. The album is frontman Antonoff’s distinctly New Jersey take on the bizarre sensory contradictions of modern life, on his position in culture, and the things he cares about. Sonically, it’s sad, it’s joyful, it’s music for driving on the highway to, for crying to and for dancing to at weddings. There’s something reassuringly touchable and concrete about its sentiment: exist in crazy times but remember what counts.

Releasing their debut album ‘Strange Desire’ in 2014, the band have built a huge, passionate following across three studio albums, becoming renowned for their impressive live show and infectious camaraderie. The band’s last album, ‘Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night’ took them to new heights, showcasing Antonoff’s immersive songwriting and, as Variety testified, his innate skill at “supersizing personal stories into larger-than-life pop anthems”.

Both with Bleachers and as a songwriter and producer, Antonoff, who, in 2021, was credited by the BBC for having “redefined pop music”, has collaborated with the likes of Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Diana Ross, Lorde, St. Vincent, Florence + The Machine, Kevin Abstract and many more.

 

Needs to do what he helped The 1975 do on their last album ... just go back and do what you do best my guy.