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Summary:
The fourth full-length studio release from the Jack Antonoff-led band Bleachers features contributions from such artists as Lana Del Rey, Aaron Dessner, Kevin Abstract, and Florence Welch.
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- Record Label: Dirty Hit
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 10 out of 16
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Mixed: 5 out of 16
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Negative: 1 out of 16
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Mar 6, 2024Steeped in blissful American nostalgia, Bleachers’ sublime self-titled fourth studio album embodies it all, from the rolling vistas to the warmth of distant city lights, at once watching the world pass by and deeply cemented in a moment. It’s rare for an album to capture a feeling so intensely, promoting a universal recognition through something so intrinsically linked to an individual’s time and place.
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MojoApr 23, 2024There's taut New Wave (Tiny Moves; Jesus Is Dead), but mainly moody electronic balladry (think Streets Of Philadelphia), with Del Rey turning up to fulfil the intend of her one repeated line ("I'll make it darker") on Alma Mater. [Jun 2024, p.82]
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Mar 8, 2024Bleachers occasionally borders on indulgent, but its tangents and loose ends are part and parcel of Antonoff's process -- and part of what makes it such a complete self-portrait.
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Mar 7, 2024On Bleachers—especially on the singles-heavy first half—the band is simply playing for each other, much to the songs’ benefit.
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Mar 19, 2024Bleachers is agreeable and safe, but there's a fumbling listlessness to the whole thing, a lack of dynamism that makes it fade into white noise. Antonoff’s latest is not the grand, drive-off-into-the-sun record that Strange Desire or even Gone Now strove to be and sometimes became — Bleachers is a commuter’s record through and through.
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Mar 7, 2024Bleachers would have felt more complete if their signature goofiness prominent in the upbeat production had seeped into more tracks. Despite some occasionally affecting lines, songwriting isn’t their forte; instrumentation is.
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Mar 8, 2024Bleachers ends up being all the worst fears of Jack’s career path made manifest, as any semblance of uniqueness is sanded down in favor of Christmas Special-quality cameos to remind you just how strong his LinkedIn profile has grown.