From the Desk of Mr. Hardy

   Back when I was obsessed with fun., I was pleasantly surprised when member Jack Antonoff announced his side project, Bleachers. It was really cool to hear one of the two non-Nate members of fun. sing, and he's quite good at it.    Bleachers is still going strong all these years later. And now it's even grown to being a full band of which Jack Antonoff is the lead singer. 1. Strange Desire (2014)     This album came out while fun. was on their way out, and in the succeeding years it was cool to pretend this album was fun.'s third album, but they just had Jack sing instead of Nate. Now, it stands on its own as the brilliant beginning of something that became bigger than fun. was. This is my favorite album by them; it was an excellent debut. There's a certain energy and style to this album that was reminiscent enough of fun. while also being unique enough to show everyone that Jack had more in store. Favorite tracks: "Like a River Runs", "I Wa