Melissa Kacar

The Terrible Thrills project was created as a concept by Jack Antonoff and his collaborators in 2010 to reimagine his band's music through the voices of a wide range of incredibly talented female artists. It began with Volume 1, with a collection of Steel Train songs reinterpreted and reshaped by some of the band's personal favorite musicians. The tradition continued with Bleachers for Volume 2, which featured new versions of Strange Desire in its entirety (which is so underrated), expanding the idea into this new chapter of his artistry.  In 2019, the project evolved again into a new format as an exclusive vinyl club series. Four songs were reimagined by incredible artists, paired with demos and alternate versions of tracks from Gone Now . It became such a unique, ever‑changing concept - one that grew over nearly a decade, adapting to each album cycle in its own way. On the band's webstore, they wrote; "The concept behind Terrible Thrills is to create a final vers...

Take The Sadness Out of Saturday Night  is an album built on its contradictions; the divide between wanting a big life and wanting a secret life, finding ways to live alongside simultaneous hurt and hope, going from the shadow to the city and back again, and most of all, the desire to move forward while still feeling tied to all that has come before. With this album, Jack Antonoff sets out to make a project that is largely an examination of joy and the need for it, but also the doubt that comes with not understanding why you can't seem to hold onto it. As so many Bleachers records do, this album approaches those feelings in a way that shows how they shift and evolve through time. It is shaped by the angst and fears of that moment, but also by what he called the "unearned hope" he was feeling at the time - with all of it wrapped up in the collective consciousness of that particular point in history.  With this music, Jack isn't necessarily setting out to solve all of ...

I'll take you out of the city, right into the shadow 🍅 I recently had the best time seeing one of my favorite bands, Bleachers , live in Jack Antonoff 's home state of New Jersey ! This year marked the sixth Shadow of the City event, which is always held at The Stone Pony's Summer Stage in Asbury Park, NJ. I grew up going to Asbury Park with my family and have seen a couple of shows inside the legendary venue, but I have never seen a show outside at their bigger Summer Stage. I have also never been to a festival like this before, so it was very exciting that this was my first!  Shadow of the City is a festival founded by Jack Antonoff and is usually held just about every other year or so. His band, Bleachers , is always the headliner but there were also several other amazing artists that played throughout the day too. When the event was announced, it was just Bleachers on the lineup, with the rest of the artists being announced much later. Some of the artists that were ev...