BLEACHERS RETURN WITH “EVERYONE FOR TEN MINUTES”: JACK ANTONOFF LEANS INTO LOVE, LOSS, AND NOSTALGIA
More than a decade after launching Bleachers as a side project built from hotel-room demos and suburban nostalgia, Jack Antonoff has released the band’s fifth studio album, “everyone for ten minutes,” via Dirty Hit.
The record arrives after a major evolution for Bleachers — from small club shows and cult fandom to headlining Madison Square Garden and becoming one of the defining live bands of the past decade. But despite Antonoff’s status as one of modern pop’s most influential producers and collaborators, Bleachers has always existed as something more personal: a project rooted in emotional honesty, New Jersey identity, and the messy tension between grief and hope.
That emotional DNA has been there since the beginning. Back in 2014, when Antonoff released Bleachers’ debut album “Strange Desire,” he sat down with Indira Cesarine for an exclusive interview and photo shoot for The Untitled Magazine, reflecting on the loneliness and disorientation that inspired the project. At the time, Antonoff described writing songs while touring internationally with Fun., saying: “I was feeling disconnected; I was never home; I was in this constant state of jet lag in Malaysia or Australia.”
Much of that emotional rawness still runs through “everyone for ten minutes,” an album centered around marriage, generational divides, grief, friendship, death, and what Antonoff describes as the “monumentally bizarre moment in culture” we’re currently living through.
The album moves through harmony-heavy folk rock, shimmering pop-soul, and the sax-driven New Jersey sound Bleachers have increasingly made their own. Previously released singles including “i’m not joking,” “the van,” “dirty wedding dress,” and “you and forever” hinted at the emotional scale of the project — intimate lyrics stretched across huge, cathartic arrangements.
This week alone, Bleachers headlined Rolling Stone’s Rock Tour in New Orleans, performed on the TODAY Show’s Citi Summer Concert Series, and announced a free release show at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park before kicking off their “Bleachers Forever” world tour. The tour will include stops at Madison Square Garden, Red Rocks Amphitheater, The Greek Theatre in Berkeley, and London’s Eventim Apollo.
Long before Antonoff became one of pop music’s most recognizable producers through collaborations with Taylor Swift, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, St. Vincent, and Sabrina Carpenter, Bleachers was already becoming a cult emotional outlet for fans drawn to Antonoff’s hyper-personal songwriting and nostalgic Americana aesthetic.
In his 2014 conversation with The Untitled Magazine, Antonoff explained his approach to emotional songwriting, saying: “My favorite songs and bands are the ones that can make you dance or cry; it doesn’t have to be one or the other.” That balance continues to define Bleachers in 2026 — songs that feel equally suited for late-night overthinking, road-trip breakdowns, and screaming with strangers in a packed venue.
The album’s 11-track lineup includes “sideways,” “the van,” “we should talk,” “you and forever,” “dirty wedding dress,” “take you out tonight,” “i can’t believe you’re gone,” “dancing,” “she’s from before,” “i’m not joking,” and “upstairs at ELS.”
Read The Untitled Magazine’s 2014 exclusive interview with Jack Antonoff:
Jack Antonoff on Bleachers, Touring, Love & Suburbia — Exclusive Interview
