For about a year he kept the project a secret until February 18, 2014, when the first single "I Wanna Get Better" was released along with the launch of Bleachers' website, social media profiles, and a selection of tour dates.

[1] News of Bleachers was first publicly announced in a Facebook post by Brooklyn music studio Mission Sound in May 2013.

[2] About making the first Bleachers album, Antonoff said, "I spent the past year working on the music but not talking about it, and eventually it became this psychotic alter-ego situation, where it was second nature to have this part of me that no one knew about.

The album contained songs from Strange Desire being covered by numerous female artists with modified tunes.

When asked about the album, Antonoff told Billboard “I hear my songs being sung by females before I change them and make them into my voice.

Its lead single "Don't Take the Money" has been described by Atwood Magazine as "an epic uplifting pop-rock anthem ultimately about how when love is real, its worth everything that comes along with it".

During May and June concerts, fans could enter the "moving, living art exhibit" and listen to the album prior to its official release.

During this time 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.

[20] On October 28, Bleachers announced on Facebook that they will be performing two shows in March 2022 at Roadrunner, Boston dedicated to their first two albums: Strange Desire and Gone Now.

[21] On the January 15, 2022, episode of Saturday Night Live, which was hosted by Ariana DeBose, Bleachers replaced the originally scheduled Roddy Ricch.

[22] Later that month they announced "The 2022 Tour" featuring openers Allison Ponthier, Blu DeTiger, The Lemon Twigs, Beabadoobee, Charly Bliss, and Wolf Alice.

[26] On September 20, 2023, Bleachers released "Modern Girl" as the first single from their fourth studio album, referred to at the time as "B4" in promotional material.

[36] Following the release of their new self-titled record, the band kicked off their “From The Studio to the Stage” global tour with a 7-show sold out leg throughout the UK, and 40+ shows across the US, Europe, and Japan, including sold out dates at Red Rocks Amphitheatre and their largest headline show to date at Madison Square Garden.