Strange Desire

"I Wanna Get Better" was released digitally as the lead single from Strange Desire on February 18, 2014.[10][11] It has peaked at number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart and number ten on the Hot Rock Songs chart, becoming Bleachers' most successful single to date.[12][13] The song's music video – directed by actress and filmmaker Lena Dunham, Antonoff's then girlfriend – premiered on March 27, and depicts Antonoff as a troubled therapist.[14] "Shadow" was made available for streaming on April 29,[15] before being released as the album's second single on May 6.[16][17] On May 15, Strange Desire was announced for release in July. Antonoff said the name was "the 2 words that perfectly title what this Bleachers album is as a documentation of my life as I can remember it at this point".[18] "Rollercoaster" was released as the third single on June 10[19] and was also made available upon pre-ordering Strange Desire on the iTunes Store.[20] "Like a River Runs" was made available for streaming on June 27.[21] Strange Desire was released on July 15 through RCA Records, and was made available for streaming the following day.[22]

Following the release, the group performed at a number of festivals: Wireless, Osheaga, Lollapalooza, Outside Lands Music, Boston Calling Music and ACL Music.[18] "Rollercoaster" was released to radio on September 9.[23] In late November, the group released Strange Desire (The Demos) for Record Store Day Black Friday, consisting of six album demos.[24] In March and April 2015, the group embarked on a headlining US tour, dubbed Bleachers Come Alive!, with support from Joywave and Night Terrors of 1927.[25] Following this, the band appeared at Rock in Rio festival in May.[26] In June and July, the group went on a mixture of US, European and Canadian shows. In July and August, the group went on a co-headlining US tour with Charli XCX, titled Charli and Jack Do America Tour.[27] On August 12, a music video was released for "Like a River Runs".[28] The group was scheduled to go on a second leg of their tour with Charli XCX in September and October.[27] However, on August 22 it was announced that the leg had been cancelled amid creative and personal differences.[29]

All tracks are written by and produced by Jack Antonoff and John Hill, except where noted.

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies an additional producer.

• Jack Antonoff – programming, drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, piano, vocals, string arrangement ("I'm Ready to Move On/Wild Heart Reprise")
• Grace Dunham – spoken word ("Wild Heart," "I'm Ready to Move On/Wild Heart Reprise," "Who I Want You to Love")
• John Hill – programming, drums, guitars, keyboards
• Vince Clarke – programming, keyboards
• Greg Kurstin – synths, electric guitars, drums
• Sara Quin – background vocals
• Jon Shiffman – drums
• Emile Haynie – programming
• Rachel Antonoff – background vocals
• Andrew Dost – background vocals
• Mae Whitman – background vocals
• Grimes – vocals
• Kurt Uenala – programming
• Lena Dunham – background vocals
• Yoko Ono – spoken word ("I'm Ready to Move On/Wild Heart Reprise")
• Little Ricky Antonoff – guitar
• Phillip Peterson – cello, string arrangement ("Who I Want You to Love")
• Victoria Parker – violin

Strange Desire debuted at No. 11 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 21,000 copies in its first week of release.[30]

Terrible Thrills, Vol. 2 is the first compilation album by American indie pop act Bleachers, released on September 25, 2015 as a companion to Strange Desire.[37] The album features every song from Bleachers' debut album covered by female artists, most of which signed with RCA Records. Its title references Terrible Thrills, Vol. 1, a compilation album released in 2010 by Antonoff's previous band Steel Train.[38]