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Bleachers release 'Alma Mater' the second track from their highly anticipated forthcoming album

Published Nov 27, 2023 07:34 am

At A Glance

  • Bleachers gave 'Modern Girl' its TV debut with an electrifying performance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon earlier this month.
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 ‘Bleachers’ artwork (Photo credit: Alex Lockett)

Bleachers released ‘Alma Mater’ - the second track taken from their highly anticipated forthcoming new album ‘Bleachers’.

You can listen to ‘Alma Mater’ HERE. The track was premiered by Zane Lowe on Apple Music and features additional vocals from Lana Del Rey.

‘Alma Mater’ follows the magnificent comeback single ‘Modern Girl’, which Rolling Stone lauded as “quintessential Bleachers” and saw NME praise as “an exciting indication of the band’s new era”. Bleachers gave ‘Modern Girl’ its TV debut with an electrifying performance on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon earlier this month. You can watch the performance HERE.

Both tracks will feature on ‘Bleachers’, the band’s fourth studio album, released last March 8 via Dirty Hit and available to pre-order now at https://bleachers.ffm.to/b4. 

There’s a rich depth to the band’s sound on ‘Bleachers’: it is laid out in bright, soulful technicolor. The album is frontman Antonoff’s distinctly New Jersey take on the bizarre sensory contradictions of modern life, his position in culture, and on the things he cares about. Sonically, it’s sad, it’s joyful, it’s music for driving on the highway too, 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. 

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In support of ‘Bleachers’, the band have announced details of their forthcoming UK tour. The newly announced dates will see the band bring their renowned live show to the UK in March 2024, including a headline show at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town. You can find more info HERE.

Described as “anthemic, life affirming pop rock” by the New York Times, Bleachers are fronted by globally celebrated, eight-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Jack Antonoff. 

Releasing their debut album ‘Strange Desire’ in 2014, the band has built a huge, passionate following across three studio albums, becoming renowned for their impressive live show and infectious camaraderie. The band’s last album, ‘Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night’ took them to new heights, showcasing Antonoff’s immersive songwriting and, as Variety testified, his innate skill at “supersizing personal stories into larger-than-life pop anthems”. 

Both with Bleachers and as a songwriter and producer, Antonoff, who, in 2021, was credited by the BBC for having “redefined pop music”, has collaborated with the likes of Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, The 1975, Diana Ross, Lorde, St. Vincent, Florence + The Machine, Kevin Abstract and many more.

Bleachers 2024 UK Tour Dates:

Tues 19/3/24 - London, UK - O2 Forum Kentish Town

Fri 22/3/24 - Manchester, UK - O2 Ritz

Sat 23/3/24 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Institute

Mon 25/3/24 - Glasgow, UK - SWG3 Galvanizers

‘Bleachers’ Tracklist:

1. I Am Right On Time

2. Modern Girl 

3. Jesus Is Dead 

4. Me Before You 

5. Alma Mater 

6. Tiny Moves 

7. Isimo 

8. Woke Up Today

9. Self Respect  

10. Hey Joe

11. Call Me After Midnight 

12. We’re Gonna Know Each Other Forever 

13. Ordinary Heaven

14. The Waiter 

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