Bleachers Reminisces Fondly About The Old Days

Bleachers, the stage name for songwriter and record producer Jack Antonoff, knows his way around a memorable hook. He employs it liberally in the nostalgia heavy track "I Miss Those Days". It doesn't stray far from the chord progressions circle it lays claim to but at least Jack has the good sense to pick a circle that will put smiles on the faces of many a consumer since you could easily find yourself hearing this song on a beach somewhere in LA. The video has an animated effect to it that has a Wallace & Grommit sensibility to it that should bring knowing grins to many a face familiar with that twosome of oddballs. It's not very involved animation but it gets the point across beautifully. Just a man on a bench watching the world go by, not much of an expression on his face. Random imagery parades by but not a crack in his facade is to be seen. It's a blissful little number that asks nothing more than time to wax eloquent on the glory days. Bleachers has a winning way about it that you love a little more each time you hear it. If you're depressed "I Miss Those Days" can be the tonic to end all tonics. If you're already in a good mood this song should keep you there. Take heart, Bleachers feels your pain. The lyric sheet confirms the deep sigh involved in this groove "And everyone is changing, storefronts rearranging." Such is life, a constant shifting of molecules forming new horizons. Thanks be to Bleachers for lightening the mood just a hair. An aura pervades this project which lends no small mystery to the whole thing. Bleachers succeeds in saying what many others are thinking...that the good old days had their moments, many of them exemplary. Of course this viewpoint has a certain rose colored glasses skew to it but, given the violent times we're negotiating what harm can there be in that? It's a prime stress buster that eases blood pressure in spades. "I Miss Those Days" shouldn't be missed by anyone craving some solace.