BLEACHERS

Some of that good time rock n roll but with a hearty eighties sheen - Antonoff and his fun-loving crew inject a deep-hearted pathos to the wide-screen proceedings on this tonally gorgeous 4th 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.