--- ---  # Hear an Acoustic Version of Bleachers' _Strange Desire_ Track "Shadow"  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 10, 2014 11:50 AM UTC  Jack Antonoff of Bleachers Jack Antonoff of BleachersGeordie Wood for TIME  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Jul 10, 2014 11:50 AM UTC In the new issue of TIME, Jack Antonoff tells us all about [the making of _Strange Desire_](http://time.com/2972314/music-therapy/), his new album under the name Bleachers, out July 15\. Below, you can hear an acoustic version of the album track “Shadow,” recorded live at SiriusXM and premiering exclusively at TIME. “Anytime I write a song, I want it to play on loudspeakers all over the entire world—that’s what everyone is secretly thinking when working on songs and albums, so why not go for it?” he says. “The songs are meant to be played in a big setting. They’re meant for a lot of people. They weren’t meant for me and my friends.” Bleachers' "Shadow": Hear an Exclusive Acoustic Version ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2970654/hear-an-acoustic-version-of-bleachers-strange-desire-track-shadow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2970654/hear-an-acoustic-version-of-bleachers-strange-desire-track-shadow/"},"headline":"Hear an Acoustic Version of Bleachers' Strange Desire Track \"Shadow\"","datePublished":"2014-07-10T11:50:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:03:36.385Z","description":"\"Anytime I write a song, I want it to play on loudspeakers all over the entire world.\"","url":"https://time.com/2970654/hear-an-acoustic-version-of-bleachers-strange-desire-track-shadow/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt460c85408dbc0b30/69869b1e1eebf714fb371cc5/jack-antonoff-by-geordie-wood-for-time-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt460c85408dbc0b30/69869b1e1eebf714fb371cc5/jack-antonoff-by-geordie-wood-for-time-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jack Antonoff of Bleachers","caption":"Jack Antonoff of Bleachers","creditText":"Geordie Wood for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2970654/hear-an-acoustic-version-of-bleachers-strange-desire-track-shadow/","name":"Hear an Acoustic Version of Bleachers' Strange Desire Track \"Shadow\""}}]}] ```