Bleachers Reveals Album Title Strange Desire; To Release 7/15

By: May. 15, 2014
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RecordBleachers will release debut album Strange Desire on July 15th, 2014 on RCA Records. The highly anticipated album was written and produced by Grammy Award winning musician Jack Antonoff with co-producer John Hill (MIA, Jay Z, Empire of the Sun) as well as Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yaz, Erasure) and others.

"It's the 2 words that perfectly title what this Bleachers album is as a documentation of my life as I can remember it at this point", wrote Antonoff yesterday afternoon in the Craigslist ad he posted announcing the album title and release date (CLICK HERE TO SEE).

Bleachers first single "I Wanna Get Better" has already streamed over 1.5 million times, was deemed "the song of the summer in February" by the Huffington Post and quickly skyrocketed into the top 10 at Alt radio. Coming off the success of the breakthrough single, Bleachers recently premiered "Shadow" on Pigeons & Planes which is now available on all digital providers (LISTEN HERE).

Since the Bleachers launch in February critics have been nothing but excited and eager to hear more. Rolling Stone exclaimed "We'll be shocked if it's not all over the radio by spring", TIME raved "...it's exciting to imagine what else Antonoff has up his sleeve" and Hilly Dilly proclaimed "...this is the kind of music that can't get big enough."

Bleachers will kick off their summer festival tour dates in early June at New York's Governor's Ball:

June 8 - New York, NY @ Governor's Ball
June 19-22 - Dover, DE @ Firefly Music Festival
June 25 - Pilton, UK @ Glastonbury Festival
June 27 - Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
July 5-6 - UK @ Wireless Festival
August 1 - Montreal, QC @ Osheaga Festival
August 3 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
August 8 - San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music Festival
September 5 - Boston, MA @ Boston Calling Music Festival
September 6 - Boston, MA @ Boston City Hall Plaza
September 7 - Boston, MA @ City Hall Plaza
October 3 - Austin, TX @ ACL Music Festival
October 10 - Austin, TX @ ACL Music Festival

Hailing from New Jersey, 29 year old Jack Antonoff has been in the music scene for over a decade. In 2002, with Jack as the lead singer, the success of New Jersey born indie rock band Steel Train was well underway. Steel Train's cult following lead them to make their national television debut on Late Night With Conan O'Brien and later appeared on Late Show With David Letterman. In 2008, Jack joined Nate Ruess and Andrew Dost to form the Grammy award winning fun.

In addition to being a multi-talented musician, Jack is a critically acclaimed songwriter and producer. His achievements include fun. being honored with the Vanguard Award at the 2014 ASCAP Pop Music Awards and co-writing fun.'s Grammy award winning song "We Are Young" and Grammy nominated album Some Nights. He also received a Golden Globe nomination for his collaboration with Taylor Swift on her song "Sweeter Than Fiction." Jack has also worked with Sara Bareilles, co-writing her Grammy nominated hit "Brave", and Canadian Indie icons Tegan and Sara.

Follow Bleachers @:
Website: www.BleachersMusic.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bleachersmusic
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bleachersmusic

photo credit: Autumn de Wilde



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