{"title":"Wednesday","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlending indie rock, alt-country, and shoegaze influences, Wednesday has emerged as one of today's most acclaimed bands. Browse their catalog on vinyl and CD.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"wednesday-i-was-trying-to-describe-you-to-someone-preorder","title":"Wednesday- I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease Date: 4\/7\/23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI Was Trying to Describe You to Someone is Wednesday's second full length album \u0026amp; first as a full band. The Asheville, NC quintet (guitarist\/ vocalist Karly Hartzman, lead guitarist Daniel Gorham, pedal steel guitarist Xandy Chelmis, bassist Margo Schultz \u0026amp; drummer Alan Miller) maximizes the dark dissonance of a three guitar attack to highlight the emotionality of Hartzman's bell-clear vocals \u0026amp; wisps of half-recalled memories \u0026amp; literary references that make up her lyrics. I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone's eight songs meld elements of shoegaze, grunge, indie pop \u0026amp; southern American culture into a uniquely personal style of modern rock music that resonates with power \u0026amp; tenderness. The ever-darkening \u0026amp; deepening of Wednesday's' sound on I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone owes a debt of influence to The Swirlies, Arthur Russell, Red House Painters, Tenniscoats, Ana Roxanne, Acetone, \u0026amp; their continued collaboration with MJ Lenderman (who lends backing vocals to the songs \"Billboard\" \u0026amp; \"November\"). I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone was recorded at Hartzman's home with engineering assistance from her roommate Colin Miller. The depth \u0026amp; clarity of the recordings balance the distorted volume of Wednesday's live performances with the intimacy of Hartzman's voice. Her words hold the center of the chaos, unobscured by the power of the band. Hartzman describes her lyrics as \"attempts to access old personal memories \u0026amp; do them justice through prose, with inspiration from the writings of Richard Brautigan, Flannery O'Connor, David Berman \u0026amp; Tom Robbins, \u0026amp; movies like Steel Magnolias.\"\u003c\/p\u003e Shop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e 24\/7.\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BWSCD, INC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43652260102365,"sku":"656605162614","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/products\/qgxk8aqlwsjk4aqsjci4.jpg?v=1731317219"},{"product_id":"wednesday-twin-plagues-preorder","title":"Wednesday- Twin Plagues (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease Date: 4\/7\/23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a long and emotionally exhausting year of being inside (alone, in my case,) I have found myself thinking about mirrors. How to avoid spending too much time in them, most days. Taking inventory of the real, physical self is difficult work, work that I'm not entirely opposed to but work that became immediately more treacherous for me when I had to witness the very real toll that time, modern anxieties, isolation, and boredom were taking on me. It was easier, it seemed, to spiral into a not-so-distant glorious past, to use memory as a tool of both excitement and healing. But, speaking of excitement, I like to stumble towards a band with no agenda, no purpose, uncovering sound almost on accident. This is how I first heard Wednesday. The band came to me and I don't remember how, or why. They simply arrived, as if we'd been traveling toward each other our whole lives. I Was Trying To Describe You To Someone soaked into my summer of 2020, and in sound, in spirit, in central concerns and the execution of them, it took me back to an era before the current era, which I'd needed at the time. The past can feel less hellish than the present if we are, sometimes, not fully honest with ourselves. There is the trick of nostalgia that I spend a lot of time playing with in my own writing, and somewhat tormented by in my own living. The very real idea that nostalgia is both a useful tool and also a weapon if it isn't paired with something that approaches a type of rigorous honesty. But if I may go back to all of these ideas of nostalgia and our old, tricky, past selves that are, indeed, a part of the house of bricks that make up our present self, what I also hope you, listener, might adore about this album is the exact moment at the start of \"The Burned Down Dairy Queen\" when Karly sings I was hiding in a room in my mind \/ and I made me take a look at myself. Because if you, like me, have been avoiding mirrors - both metaphorical and real - this is where the album becomes a lighthouse, echoing bright across the darkness of my otherwise dark and empty chambers. So much of these songs meditate on the past in far less romantic ways than I have found myself meditating on the past, and I was desperate for the recalibration that this album provided. So, yes, the songs are good. You will maybe roll down your windows on a comfortable day on the right stretch of road in a warm season and turn the volume up when \"Birthday Song\" gets good and loud and singalong-able. You might sit atop a rooftop at night, closer to the moon than you were on the ground, and let \"Ghost Of A Dog\" churn and rattle you to some nighttime realization that you couldn't have had in silence. But, even on top of all of this, on top of all the pleasures and the mercies that the sounds on this album might afford. I hope and think, too, that it will remind anyone who listens that we are a collection of many reflections. All of them deserving patience. -Hanif Abdurraqib\u003c\/p\u003e Shop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e 24\/7.\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BWSCD, INC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43652276289757,"sku":"656605162713","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/products\/jkaiazm4jr4mabhyrx7y.jpg?v=1731317221"},{"product_id":"wednesday-rat-saw-god-purple-vinyl-preorder","title":"Wednesday- Rat Saw God (Purple Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eRelease Date: 4\/7\/23\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Wednesday song is a quilt. A short story collection, a half-memory, a patchwork of portraits of the American south, disparate moments that somehow make sense as a whole. Karly Hartzman, the songwriter\/vocalist\/guitarist at the helm of the project, is a story collector as much as she is a storyteller: a scholar of people and one-liners. Rat Saw God, the Asheville quintet’s new and best record, is ekphrastic but autobiographical and above all, deeply empathetic. Across the album’s ten tracks Hartzman, guitarist MJ Lenderman, bassist Margo Shultz, drummer Alan Miller, and lap\/pedal steel player Xandy Chelmis build a shrine to minutiae. Half-funny, half-tragic dispatches from North Carolina unfurling somewhere between the wailing skuzz of Nineties shoegaze and classic country twang, that distorted lap steel and Hartzman’s voice slicing through the din.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRat Saw God\u003c\/em\u003e is an album about riding a bike down a suburban stretch in Greensboro while listening to My Bloody Valentine for the first time on an iPod Nano, past a creek that runs through the neighborhood riddled with broken glass bottles and condoms, a front yard filled with broken and rusted car parts, a lonely and dilapidated house reclaimed by kudzu. Four Lokos and rodeo clowns and a kid who burns down a corn field. Roadside monuments, church marquees, poppers and vodka in a plastic water bottle, the shit you get away with at Jewish summer camp, strange sentimental family heirlooms at the thrift stores. The way the South hums alive all night in the summers and into fall, the sound of high school football games, the halo effect from the lights polluting the darkness. 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Half-funny, half-tragic dispatches from North Carolina unfurling somewhere between the wailing skuzz of Nineties shoegaze and classic country twang, that distorted lap steel and Hartzman’s voice slicing through the din.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eRat Saw God\u003c\/em\u003e is an album about riding a bike down a suburban stretch in Greensboro while listening to My Bloody Valentine for the first time on an iPod Nano, past a creek that runs through the neighborhood riddled with broken glass bottles and condoms, a front yard filled with broken and rusted car parts, a lonely and dilapidated house reclaimed by kudzu. Four Lokos and rodeo clowns and a kid who burns down a corn field. Roadside monuments, church marquees, poppers and vodka in a plastic water bottle, the shit you get away with at Jewish summer camp, strange sentimental family heirlooms at the thrift stores. The way the South hums alive all night in the summers and into fall, the sound of high school football games, the halo effect from the lights polluting the darkness. 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A short story collection, a half-memory, a patchwork of portraits of the American south, disparate moments that somehow make sense as a whole. Karly Hartzman, the songwriter\/vocalist\/guitarist at the helm of the project, is a story collector as much as she is a storyteller: a scholar of people and one-liners. Rat Saw God, the Asheville quintet’s new and best record, is ekphrastic but autobiographical and above all, deeply empathetic. Across the album’s ten tracks Hartzman, guitarist MJ Lenderman, bassist Margo Shultz, drummer Alan Miller, and lap\/pedal steel player Xandy Chelmis build a shrine to minutiae. 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The way the South hums alive all night in the summers and into fall, the sound of high school football games, the halo effect from the lights polluting the darkness. 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It was a collaborative EP by friends Jake and Karly called Guttering, issued under their pseudonyms MJ Lenderman \u0026amp; Wednesday. Upon it’s initial release, Stereogum put it perfectly when they said that “Guttering‘s six self-re-corded tracks present some of the best aspects of both artists’ work, setting sighing harmonies against dense power chords and occasionally seasoning the mix with some twangy lead guitar.”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFast forward to 2025, MJ Lenderman and Wednesday are two of the biggest names in indie rock. Wednesday had a break out 2023 with the release of their excellent Dead Oceans debut ‘Rat Saw God’, which landed on a numerous year end lists. In 2024 MJ Lenderman released his Anti debut with ‘Manning Fireworks’, which catapulted him into indie stardom. A string of sold out tour dates and an equally impressive list of year end\u003cbr\u003eaccolades followed the album’s release. With both bands garnering rabid fanbases over the last four years, the release of this early collaborative EP demonstrates just how far the two have come, and showcases the magical spark the two had in those early days before the world was watching.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eside A\u003cbr\u003e1. Big Money\u003cbr\u003e2. Terminex\u003cbr\u003e3. Phish Pepsi\u003cbr\u003e(ft. Advance Base)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eside B\u003cbr\u003e4. My Voice is a\u003cbr\u003eLittle Horse\u003cbr\u003e5. Sacrifice (For Love)\u003cbr\u003e6. Christiane F\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BWSCD, INC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46331129692381,"sku":"716892697517","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/unnamed_14_a9d2e031-9e35-4efa-b711-222d1ea8a9fa.jpg?v=1743610794"},{"product_id":"wednesday-live-at-the-factory-theatre","title":"Wednesday- Live At The Factory Theatre (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eImpressed Recordings are proud to present Wednesday, the dynamic North Carolina-based band led by Karly Hartzman, captured live at Sydney's Factory Theatre on February 29, 2024, and committed only to highly limited edition vinyl. Not available on streaming... Wednesday emerged from the vibrant North Carolina indie rock scene, quickly making waves with their genre-blending sound that combines elements of alt-rock, indie, and shoegaze. Led by the enigmatic Karly Hartzman, the band's music has resonated with audiences thanks to their emotionally charged lyrics, dreamy yet driving instrumentals, and a powerful live presence that's garnered critical acclaim. Their breakthrough album, Rat Saw God (sold out vinyl) released in 2023, solidified their place in the modern indie rock scene. Featuring standout tracks like Got Shocked and Bull Believer, the band's blend of introspective storytelling and gritty guitars creates a raw, captivating experience that speaks to fans of both vintage alt-rock and contemporary indie sounds. Wednesday's performances are known for their raw energy, vulnerability, and atmospheric presence that captivates audiences from the first note to the last. Rat Saw God was Pitchfork's #4 Album of 2023, and Karly and the band embarked on a victory lap around the world. Which led us to The Factory Theatre in Sydney on February 29th 2024. Recorded live in front of a Sydney crowd, this 11-track record features a mix of their acclaimed tracks including Got Shocked, Turkey Vultures, and Hot Rotten Grass Smell. The show was a perfect blend of the band's signature style, featuring moments of brilliance from each member, with Hartzman's captivating presence leading the charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGhost of a Dog\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hot Rotten Grass Smell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Formula One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chosen to Deserve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Billboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Turkey Vultures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Quarry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gary's\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Got Shocked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fate Is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bull Believer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eShop online 24\/7 at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46444860375261,"sku":"640711248348","price":56.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4428957-3396824.jpg?v=1747849912"},{"product_id":"mj-lendeman-wednesday-guttering","title":"MJ Lendeman \u0026 Wednesday- Guttering","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2021 Douglas Dulgarian of the band TAGABOW issued the very first cassette release on his brand new label project Julia's War Recordings. It was a collaborative EP by friends Jake and Karly called Guttering, issued under their pseudonyms MJ Lenderman \u0026amp; Wednesday. Upon it's initial release, Stereogum put it perfectly when they said that \"Guttering's six self-recorded tracks present some of the best aspects of both artists' work, setting sighing harmonies against dense power chords and occasionally seasoning the mix with some twangy lead guitar.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast forward to 2025, MJ Lenderman and Wednesday are two of the biggest names in indie rock. Wednesday had a break out 2023 with the release of their excellent Dead Oceans debut 'Rat Saw God', which landed on a numerous year end lists. In 2024 MJ Lenderman released his Anti debut with 'Manning Fireworks', which catapulted him into indie stardom. A string of sold out tour dates and an equally impressive list of year end accolades followed the album's release. With both bands garnering rabid fanbases over the last four years, the release of this early collaborative EP demonstrates just how far the two have come, and showcases the magical spark the two had in those early days before the world was watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack List:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 1 Big Money\u003cbr\u003e 2 Terminex\u003cbr\u003e 3 Phish Pepsi\u003cbr\u003e 4 My Voice Is a Little Horse\u003cbr\u003e 5 Sacrifice (For Love)\u003cbr\u003e 6 Christiane F\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e UPC \u0026gt; 716892697494 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Format \u0026gt; New Cassette \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Label \u0026gt; Julia's War \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Release Date \u0026gt; Release Date: 6.20.25 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BWSCD, INC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46502433947869,"sku":"716892697494","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/MJ_Lenderman_Wednesday_Guttering_Cassette_UPC_716892697494.jpg?v=1750290079"},{"product_id":"wednesday-bleeds-eco-mix","title":"Wednesday- Bleeds (Eco Mix Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn Eco Mix Color Vinyl... Can a self-portrait be a collage? Can empathy be autobiographical? What's the point of living if we're not trying to understand all the horror and humor that surrounds everything? These are a few of the questions lurking under the bleachers of Wednesday's new album Bleeds, an intoxicating collection of narrative-heavy Southern rock that-like many of the most arresting passages from the North Carolina band's highlight reel so far-thoughtfully explores the vivid link between curiosity and confession. Bleeds is not only the best Wednesday record-it's also the most Wednesday record, a patchwork-style triumph of literary allusions and outlaw grit, of place-based poetry and hair-raising noise. Karly Hartzman-founder, frontwoman, and primary lyricist-credits Wednesday's tightened grasp on their own identity to time spent collaborating on previous albums, plus a tour schedule that's been both rewarding and relentless. \"Bleeds is the spiritual successor to Rat Saw God, and I think the quintessential 'Wednesday Creek Rock' album,\" Hartzman said, articulating satisfaction with the ways her band has sharpened it's trademark sound, how they've refined the formula that makes them one of the most interesting rock bands of their generation. \"This is what Wednesday songs are supposed to sound like,\" she said. \"We've devoted a lot of our lives to figuring this out-and I feel like we did.\" Just like Rat Saw God, one of the defining rock \u0026amp; roll records of the 2020s so far, Bleeds came together at Drop of Sun in Asheville and was produced by Alex Farrar, who's been recording the band since Twin Plagues. Hartzman again brought demos to the studio, where she and her bandmates-Xandy Chelmis (lap steel, pedal steel), Alan Miller (drums), Ethan Baechtold (bass, piano), and Jake \"M.J.\" Lenderman (guitar)-worked as a team to bulk-up the compositions with the exact right amounts of country truth-telling, indie-pop hooks, and noisy sludge. More than ever, the precise proportions were steered by the lyricism-not only it's tone or subject matter, but also the actual sound of the words, as well as Hartzman's masterfully subjective approach to detail selection. Every image or scene is filtered through Hartzman's agile, writerly brain. The particulars deemed essential all contain revelations about Hartzman's specific obsessions and vulnerabilities, about the fragmented way she processes the world. Maybe sometimes the best way to locate truth or pain or dignity within your own life story, Bleeds suggests, is by crawling into someone else's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReality TV Argument\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bleeds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Townies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Elderberry Wine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Phish Pepsi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Candy Breath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Way Love Goes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pick Up That Knife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Wasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bitter Everyday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Carolina Murder Suicide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Gary’s II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e UPC \u0026gt; 656605172835 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Format \u0026gt; New Vinyl \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Label \u0026gt; Dead Oceans \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Release Date \u0026gt; Release Date: 9.19.25 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BWSCD, INC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46525150560477,"sku":"656605172835","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4437667-3409404.jpg?v=1750969228"},{"product_id":"wednesday-bleeds-1","title":"Wednesday- Bleeds (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan a self-portrait be a collage? Can empathy be autobiographical? What's the point of living if we're not trying to understand all the horror and humor that surrounds everything? These are a few of the questions lurking under the bleachers of Wednesday's new album Bleeds, an intoxicating collection of narrative-heavy Southern rock that-like many of the most arresting passages from the North Carolina band's highlight reel so far-thoughtfully explores the vivid link between curiosity and confession. Bleeds is not only the best Wednesday record-it's also the most Wednesday record, a patchwork-style triumph of literary allusions and outlaw grit, of place-based poetry and hair-raising noise. Karly Hartzman-founder, frontwoman, and primary lyricist-credits Wednesday's tightened grasp on their own identity to time spent collaborating on previous albums, plus a tour schedule that's been both rewarding and relentless. \"Bleeds is the spiritual successor to Rat Saw God, and I think the quintessential 'Wednesday Creek Rock' album,\" Hartzman said, articulating satisfaction with the ways her band has sharpened it's trademark sound, how they've refined the formula that makes them one of the most interesting rock bands of their generation. \"This is what Wednesday songs are supposed to sound like,\" she said. \"We've devoted a lot of our lives to figuring this out-and I feel like we did.\" Just like Rat Saw God, one of the defining rock \u0026amp; roll records of the 2020s so far, Bleeds came together at Drop of Sun in Asheville and was produced by Alex Farrar, who's been recording the band since Twin Plagues. Hartzman again brought demos to the studio, where she and her bandmates-Xandy Chelmis (lap steel, pedal steel), Alan Miller (drums), Ethan Baechtold (bass, piano), and Jake \"M.J.\" Lenderman (guitar)-worked as a team to bulk-up the compositions with the exact right amounts of country truth-telling, indie-pop hooks, and noisy sludge. More than ever, the precise proportions were steered by the lyricism-not only it's tone or subject matter, but also the actual sound of the words, as well as Hartzman's masterfully subjective approach to detail selection. Every image or scene is filtered through Hartzman's agile, writerly brain. The particulars deemed essential all contain revelations about Hartzman's specific obsessions and vulnerabilities, about the fragmented way she processes the world. 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The Asheville, NC quintet (guitarist\/ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evocalist Karly Hartzman, lead guitarist Daniel Gorham, pedal steel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eguitarist Xandy Chelmis, bassist Margo Schultz \u0026amp; drummer Alan Miller) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emaximizes the dark dissonance of a three guitar attack to highlight the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eemotionality of Hartzman's bell-clear vocals \u0026amp; wisps of half-recalled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ememories \u0026amp; literary references that make up her lyrics. I Was Trying \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto Describe You to Someone's eight songs meld elements of shoegaze, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003egrunge, indie pop \u0026amp; southern American culture into a uniquely personal \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estyle of modern rock music that resonates with power \u0026amp; tenderness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ever-darkening \u0026amp; deepening of Wednesday's' sound on I Was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrying to Describe You to Someone owes a debt of influence to The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSwirlies, Arthur Russell, Red House Painters, Tenniscoats, Ana Roxanne, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAcetone, \u0026amp; their continued collaboration with MJ Lenderman (who \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elends backing vocals to the songs \"Billboard\" \u0026amp; \"November\"). I Was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrying to Describe You to Someone was recorded at Hartzman's home \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewith engineering assistance from her roommate Colin Miller. The depth \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u0026amp; clarity of the recordings balance the distorted volume of Wednesday's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003elive performances with the intimacy of Hartzman's voice. 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