Bleachers Announce Fifth Album everyone for ten minutes
Bleachers, the indie rock band fronted by Jack Antonoff, announced their fifth studio album, "everyone for ten minutes," set for release on May 22 via Dirty Hit. The project arrives less than two years after the group's 2024 self-titled LP and includes the lead single "you and forever," accompanied by a music video featuring Antonoff and his wife, actress Margaret Qualley.
The new single opens as a synth-driven ballad, building from a vocal loop and steady rhythm into a crescendo of disrupted sonics and rhythmic chaos. Saxophones evoke the East Coast rock influences long associated with Antonoff, while echoing synths and reverb on his baritone vocals nod to classic productions like those on Yazoo's "Upstairs at Eric's." Lyrics capture a sense of romantic vulnerability, with Antonoff singing, "I never knew my name until you spoke it from your chest," before escalating to a passionate declaration: "Fuck everything that I've been told / Because I just saw the heavens open up."
Directed by longtime collaborator Alex Lockett, the video presents a split narrative of longing and struggle. Antonoff appears on the rain-soaked streets, enduring altercations, stumbling disheveled, and...