#18 - Bleachers - I Wanna Get Better
Bleachers
is the brainchild of former Steel Train frontman and current Fun.
guitarist Jack Antonoff. Apparently it all came together while Fun. was
on tour, which goes to show just how much time people apparently have
while touring? Just kidding. But Antonoff had plenty of great stuff
going for him in Steel Train and has done a fairly good job with Nate
Reuss and co in Fun, who landed the #1 hit in 2012 with "Some Nights".
The album "Strange Desire" was entirely recorded by Antonoff, and after
seeing Fun. live, I am sure he has plenty of other great ideas for a
(hopeful) follow up album. As far as "Strange Desire" goes, other
highlight tracks are "Wake Me", "Rollercoaster", and "Who I Want You To
Love". It's an album that might take a few listens to really appreciate,
but it's wonderfully done in the end.
As far as "I
Wanna Get Better" goes, it was one of those songs that I knew was going
to be a big hit the first time I heard it. The "race home and
immediately find it on YouTube/download it" type of song. The opening
piano bounces around and pushes it's way into a brilliant sing-a-long
chorus. The video features Antonoff as a therapist who has just come
from a broken relationship and is trying to fix others. It's an amusing
little piece of work and further supports the awesomeness of the song.
In the end, it was the heavily distorted solo and the line "so I put a
bullet where I should've put a helmet, and I crashed my car cuz I wanna
get carried away" that really hit me. The future is bright for Antonoff,
regardless of whether he is doing Bleachers, Fun., or anything else he
should decide is worth his time.
Title: I Wanna Get Better
Artist: Bleachers
Album: Strange Desire
Previous #18s
2013: Biffy Clyro - Black Chandelier
2012: Santigold - Disparate Youth
2011: House of Heroes - Galveston
2010: Rammstein - Fruhling in Paris
2009: Sick Puppies - I Hate You
Yeah, this one was a pleasant surprise to me, and the music video is solid, too.
ReplyDeleteDude has some talent. It took me a few listens, but it was a gem of an album this year.
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