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Album Review: Bleachers - Strange Desire

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"You’re going to love Bleachers, and you’re probably going to hate yourself for it."

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You’re going to love Bleachers, and you’re probably going to hate yourself for it.

You’ll cringe singing along to the insanely catchy single, I Wanna Get Better, disgusted to discover you know every word. You’ll flail your arms in mild panic when you realise you can’t stop nodding your head to their pumped-up synth-pop beats, forever finding new ways to feel uncomfortably happy about that smooth faux-British accent. Luckily the jarringly bad feature by Yoko Ono on I’m Ready to Move On/Wild Heart Reprise frees you from this hellish dichotomy, lest you’re forever trapped in hate-loving this record.