Strange Desire (studio album) 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

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!