Strange Desire
by Bleachers

A top-to-bottom classic, destined to be rediscovered and revered. Opens with Wild Heart and Rollercoaster, a one-two punch of power pop bangers, Wild Heart and Rollercoaster. I Wanna Get Better and Like A River Runs are great big screamalong knockouts. Every song is quirky, inventive and catchy as hell, with the exception of Track #10, which is a big whiff. Later Bleachers albums all have their charms; this one is still Jack's masterpiece.

I like it, but it's still a fairly forgettable attempt at that elusive blend of indie and pop that's actually tolerable. Some good highlights, some really trite and forgettable lows that I will likely never listen to again.

From paladisiac 12/30/2014 22:49 | #130477 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

An offshoot of the band Fun., Bleachers only faintly resembles that band. When he's not helping pen Queen-sized stadium pop for Fun., and not co-writing hits like Taylor Swift's "out of the woods", he's still writing big, wide-eyed pop songs for himself. There's a bombast about the album -- a need to say more than what the lyrics say -- that drive songs like "i wanna get better" and "you're still a mystery". I'd rather have Fun., but this is a good album that's all pop desire and little nuance. (Of course, yoko ono tries to ruin the whole thing near the end, but Bleachers survive.)

This is like a mix of Future Islands, New Order, and The Killers.

I think that meccalecca would like this!