Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night explained

Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night
Type:studio
Artist:Bleachers
Cover:Take the sadness out of saturday night.jpeg
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Caption:Digital and streaming cover
Released:July 30, 2021
Recorded:2019–2021
Length:33:47
Label:RCA
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Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night is the third studio album by American indie pop act Bleachers, released on July 30, 2021, by RCA Records. Jack Antonoff began working on the album in 2019 and finished it during the COVID-19 pandemic. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard 200.

Background

Jack Antonoff began recording the album in late 2019, while the band embarked on a three day "mini-tour" called the "I Love Making This Album but I'm Also Losing My Mind in Here & Need to Come Out and Play" Tour.[1] On January 6, 2020, Antonoff announced on Twitter that a new Bleachers album would come within the year, though that did not come to pass.[2]

Promotion

Throughout 2020, Bleachers' official Twitter account started teasing the phrase "Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night" and starting on November 14, 2020 a phone tree was set up for fans to call to hear clips from the song.[3] On November 16, 2020, Bleachers released the lead singles "45" and "Chinatown", the latter featuring Bruce Springsteen. The same day it was announced that the album would be released in 2021.[4] On May 18, 2021, the third single "Stop Making This Hurt" was released, alongside the album's pre-order.[5]

On May 26, 2021, Bleachers performed the song "How Dare You Want More" on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.[6] The song was released as the album's fourth single on June 9, 2021. Bleachers promoted the album with a 33-city tour across North America.[7] "Secret Life" featuring Lana Del Rey was released as a promotional single on July 28, 2021.[8] "How Dare You Want More" was sent to alternative radio and adult alternative radio on January 24, 2022.[9] [10]

Composition

Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night is a synth-pop, indie pop, and slow rock[11] album with elements of pop rock, rock n roll,[11] alternative rock, arena rock, alt-pop, folk, baroque pop, rockabilly, and psychedelic music. The album was conceived after a breakup in 2017 and completed during the COVID-19 pandemic. It sees Antonoff expand Bleachers' musical horizons beyond the sounds of the 1980s, with a sound compared to artists like Springsteen, the Beatles, Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Vampire Weekend, the Chicks, Dirty Beaches, and Destroyer.

Critical reception

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 71 out of 100 from 14 critic scores.

Jon Blisten of Rolling Stone called the album Bleachers' "most cohesive album yet", and praised Antonoff for expanding the band's sound but criticized some of his lyricism". Ethan Shanfeld of Variety said the album sees Antonoff "shelving his signature grandiosity for a more stripped-down approach".[12] Exclaim! writer Kyle Krohner called the album "at best a heartfelt batch of tracks that are nice to experience in the moment, but rarely anytime after".

Matt Mitchell, writing for Paste gave the album a negative review, calling it "mediocrity promoted as homage, showing itself as hastily thrown-together soundcheck warm-up fusion".[13] Jeremy Larson, writing for Pitchfork, criticized the abundant use of slapback rockabilly-style echo and the solos in one of the songs ("It's rare to find a moment on any record where it seems worth remarking how bad a solo sounds, but there it is"), saying the album is "mostly inspired, sometimes interesting, and occasionally banal".

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Notes and References

  1. Jack Antonoff Announces Bleachers Mini Tour While Recording Third Album. Aniftos. Rania. Billboard. October 14, 2019. August 4, 2020. March 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200301082250/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8532979/jack-antonoff-bleachers-mini-tour. live.
  2. Web site: Jack Antonoff is releasing a new Bleachers album this year. Skinner. Tom. NME. January 7, 2020. August 4, 2020. March 7, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210307162826/https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/jack-antonoff-is-releasing-a-new-bleachers-album-this-year-2594089. live.
  3. Web site: Bleachers Are Teasing Something (Again). DIY. November 16, 2020. November 16, 2020. November 16, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116122038/https://diymag.com/2020/11/16/bleachers-tease-b3-again. live.
  4. Web site: Bleachers Has A New Album Coming Out In 2021, And We Just Got The First Two Tracks. Martinez. Angelica. BuzzFeed. November 16, 2020. November 16, 2020. November 16, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116170411/https://www.buzzfeed.com/angelicaamartinez/jack-antonoff-bleachers-new-album-bruce-springsteen. live.
  5. Web site: Bleachers Drop New Song and Video, 'Stop Making This Hurt'; Album Due in July.. Yahoo! Entertainment. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021. May 18, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210518135139/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bleachers-drop-song-video-stop-133500632.html. live.
  6. See Bleachers Perform New Song 'How Dare You Want More' on 'Fallon'. Kreps. Daniel. Rolling Stone. May 27, 2021. June 8, 2021. June 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608155243/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bleachers-how-dare-you-want-more-fallon-1175144/. live.
  7. Web site: Bleachers Announces New Album and 2021 Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch. Minsker. Evan. Pitchfork. May 18, 2021. June 8, 2021. June 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608155447/https://pitchfork.com/news/bleachers-announces-new-album-and-2021-tour-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/. live.
  8. Web site: Bleachers and Lana Del Rey Share New Song "Secret Life": Listen. Pitchfork. Minsker. Evan. July 28, 2021. July 28, 2021. July 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728143748/https://pitchfork.com/news/bleachers-and-lana-del-rey-share-new-song-secret-life-listen/. live.
  9. Web site: Future Releases on Triple A. All Access Music Group. January 6, 2022. September 11, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170911212740/https://www.allaccess.com/triple-a/future-releases. live.
  10. Web site: Future Releases on Alternative Radio. All Access Music Group. January 6, 2022. April 5, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230405093547/https://www.allaccess.com/alternative/future-releases. live.
  11. Web site: Review: Bleachers – Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night. Sowing. Sputnik Music. July 31, 2021.
  12. Web site: On Bleachers' Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, Jack Antonoff Strips Down the Grandiosity: Album Review. Shanfeld. Ethan. Variety. July 30, 2021. May 17, 2024.
  13. Web site: Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night Is a Mess, Sopping Wet with Borrowed Mediocrity. Mitchell. Matt. Paste. July 28, 2021. July 28, 2021. July 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210728133203/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/bleachers/bleachers-take-the-sadness-out-of-saturday-night-a/. live.

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