Strange Desire & A Stranger Desired by Bleachers // 10 Year Anniversary Album Review
Strange Desire is the 2014 debut album from Bleachers , which at that time was meant to be a solo side project for New Jersey's finest soon-to-be pop producer pioneer, Jack Antonoff . A decade later, it's hard to imagine Bleachers ever being initially a side project for him because it has grown into so much more since then. Strange Desire came at a time where Jack was feeling the most misunderstood and searching for a way out of the shadow he felt trapped in at the time. At this point in 2014, Jack had garnered wide acclaim as the guitarist in the Grammy Award winning band Fun., garnering massive hits with the title track from their sophomore album Some Nights , as well as the number one single "We Are Young" featuring Janelle Monae. Both of those songs were inescapable for much of the early 2010s. While touring with Fun., Jack began working on his new solo project anywhere he could, on tour buses, planes and in hotel rooms around the world. "I spent the past y
