Bleachers rocks Jersey-style on the Rocky Stage

New York band Bleachers opened with "Wild Heart," a song that might have been written for the occasion. "They closed the Parkway late last night," goes the first line.

The band, the side project of Fun guitarist Jack Antonoff, delivered a rich rock sound with a lot of shake, rattle, and roll folded in. On go-for-broke songs like "Rollercoaster," they could have passed for a Jersey Shore band at a last-night-of-the-season gig.

It was all prelude to their big wheels anthem "I Want to Get Better," on which their two-drummer array really paid off. Hate to say it, but this was more fun than Fun.

— David Hiltbrand

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