Bleachers have carried out ‘Alma Mater’ on Late Night time with Seth Meyers.
Jack Antonoff and his band carried out the ‘Bleachers’ preview single on a modest soundstage designed to appear like the within of a studio, with Antonoff seated behind a mixing desk with a guitar in hand. He additionally performed Lana Del Rey’s characteristic on the observe from an MPC sampler on the blending desk.
Watch Bleachers carry out ‘Alma Mater’ on Late Night time with Seth Meyers under:
Earlier than the efficiency, Antonoff sat with Meyers to debate current life occasions, alongside his work with Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey, and others. The pair first introduced up Antonoff’s current marriage ceremony to actress Margaret Qualley, with the producer reflecting on the disorienting expertise as one thing he wanted to “unpack”. “It was actually stunning,” mentioned Antonoff.
“My greatest takeaway is that this loopy emotional twist, whenever you – all of us have this armour that we put on, like, ‘Oh, I’m dangerous at relationships,’ or ‘I’m this’ or ‘I’m that’, after which if you happen to come to some extent in your life the place that simply wasn’t true, you’ve got to take action a lot unpacking of that. That’s a humorous factor, you understand?”
He then spoke about his six Grammy nominations, which included nods for his work on Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ and Lana Del Rey’s ‘Did You Know There’s A Tunnel Beneath Ocean Blvd’. “Actually, Lana and Taylor have simply labored for an extended time frame, and like, discovered this house the place it’s like, loonier and loonier, and extra thrilling,” mentioned the Bleachers frontman. Alongside work together with his band, he described his relationship with these frequent collaborators as “candy”.
Watch Jack Antonoff’s interview with Seth Meyers under:
‘Alma Mater’ is the second single from Bleachers’ upcoming self-titled LP, and their third launch underneath Soiled Hit, to whom the band had been signed in August. The album was beforehand teased with their September single, ‘Trendy Woman’.
Alongside the band’s signing to Soiled Hit, Antonoff introduced that not solely was The 1975’s supervisor Jamie Oborne now managing Bleachers, however the pair had been additionally engaged on a “three way partnership” which has but to be disclosed. The mega producer additionally introduced that he had signed a take care of Common Music Publishing Group.
Most lately, Antonoff organised his ninth annual Ally Coalition expertise present, which benefited at-risk LGBTQ+ youths. The live performance featured Claud, Clairo, Bartees Unusual, Jason Isbell, and headliner St. Vincent, alongside different company together with Antonoff’s father on guitar, and his aspect undertaking with Sounwave and Sam Dew, Pink Hearse.
