Bleachers have launched their new single ‘Tiny Strikes’, backed by a music video directed by Jack Antonoff’s spouse, Margaret Qualley.
The clip, co-directed by Qualley and Alex Lockett, depicts Qualley stopping in entrance of a automotive parked by the Hudson River at daybreak earlier than launching right into a dance sequence which she additionally choreographed. On the finish of the clip, Qualley walks over to the motive force of the automotive – Antonoff himself – and the pair embrace because the solar rises over New York Metropolis.
The monitor itself options an upbeat rhythm marked by stabs of guitars and synthesisers, constructing in the direction of a shout-along refrain which seems to be Antonoff’s tribute to Qualley: “The tiniest strikes you make / Watching my complete world shake / Watching my complete world change“.
Watch the video for Bleachers’ ‘Tiny Strikes’ beneath.
‘Tiny Strikes’ marks Bleachers’ newest preview of their upcoming self-titled album, which arrives in March and marks the band’s first studio album beneath Soiled Hit and Jamie Oborne’s administration. In a press launch on the time of its announcement, the album was described as “Antonoff’s distinctly New Jersey tackle the weird sensory contradictions of recent life, on his place in tradition, and on the issues he cares about”.
The band launched its lead single ‘Trendy Woman’ in September, which was adopted by the Lana Del Rey-featuring ‘Alma Mater’ in November. Along with the brand new singles, the band additionally introduced their headlining ‘From The Studio To The Stage’ North American tour, which is able to see them carry out in 18 cities in the summertime. The band have additionally introduced a brief run of UK dates in March.
Exterior of his work with Bleachers, Antonoff has additionally been nominated for six Grammy awards, together with Producer of the 12 months, File of the 12 months for his work on Taylor Swift’s ‘Anti-Hero’, and Album of the 12 months for 2 albums, Swift’s ‘Midnights’ and Lana Del Rey’s ‘Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Below Ocean Blvd’.
Relating to ‘Midnights’, Antonoff additionally said that ‘You’re On Your Personal, Child’ left him “punched within the intestine”, stating: “The stuff that shocks me essentially the most is somebody’s vulnerability in a track. The top of ‘You’re on Your Personal, Child’ is a kind of moments for me. I keep in mind, she wrote that proper in entrance of me after which we put it down, and I used to be utterly punched within the intestine. In November, he additionally organised the ninth annual Ally Coalition Expertise Present, which featured visitor appearances from Jason Isbell, Claud, Bartees Unusual, Clairo and St. Vincent.
In August, police had been known as to a venue in Lengthy Seashore Island, New Jersey the place Antonoff and Qualley had been rehearsing for his or her marriage ceremony, after the world started swarming with followers who hoped to see Taylor Swift, who was current on the occasion. Channing Tatum and Zöe Kravitz had been additionally seen on the venue.
