Bleachers' New Album: A Review of "Everyone for Ten Minutes"
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Walden Green
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Summary
A review of Bleachers' new album, focusing on the closing track "upstairs at els" and Jack Antonoff's songwriting. The article describes a moment on the track where Antonoff name-drops people at a party in Electric Lady Studios, including recording engineer Jack Manning, creating an uncanny effect. The piece reflects on how Bleachers, even after becoming a proper band, remains centered on Antonoff's personal musings.
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Jack Antonoff is weaving through a party on the roof of Electric Lady Studios, picking out faces from the mass of people: 'Inside Jack and Carly Rae/Part of the band, Laura, Oli, and Ray.'
Even since Bleachers became a proper band with 2024's self-titled LP, the project remains, at its core, the musings and
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