Bleachers are back in motion, and they’re doing it the way they always have — big feelings, bigger hooks, and a sense that everything is teetering just on the edge of something euphoric. New single ‘the van’ lands as the latest preview of their upcoming fifth album everyone for ten minutes, due May 22 via Dirty Hit.
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If ‘you and forever’ leaned into widescreen optimism and ‘dirty wedding dress’ flirted with Americana textures, ‘the van’ feels like something more intimate — a song built for movement, memory and the strange in-between spaces that Bleachers have long made their own. There’s a looseness to it, but also a sense of purpose, as if Jack Antonoff is tracing a line back through the band’s DNA.
Fronted by Jack Antonoff, Bleachers have spent the past decade refining a sound that fuses New Jersey romanticism with pop maximalism — sax lines cutting through shimmering production, nostalgia reframed as something immediate. On everyone for ten minutes, that palette expands further, shifting between harmony-rich folk rock, pop soul and the kind of anthemic lift that’s become their signature.
It’s a record described as hopeful, even when it brushes against darker edges — a balancing act that’s defined much of Antonoff’s work, both within Bleachers and beyond. And if the early singles are anything to go by, this new era leans into that duality rather than smoothing it out.
The release arrives alongside news of a major North American tour, including a headline show at Madison Square Gardenand a five-night residency at the Troubadour in Los Angeles — a pairing that captures the band’s scale and intimacy in equal measure. In keeping with their ethos, $1 from every ticket sold will go to The Ally Coalition, supporting LGBTQ+ youth.
Nearly a decade on from Strange Desire, Bleachers continue to operate in that sweet spot between personal and communal — songs that feel like private confessions until they’re shouted back in unison. ‘the van’ doesn’t break that formula. It sharpens it.
