{"product_id":"wednesday-bleeds-indie-exclusive","title":"Wednesday - Bleeds (Indie Exclusive)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndie Exclusive - Eco Mix Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWednesday\u003c\/span\u003e’s new album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBleeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBleeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not only the best\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWednesday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecord—it’s also the most\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWednesday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erecord, 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWednesday\u003c\/span\u003e’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. “\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBleeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the spiritual successor to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRat Saw God\u003c\/em\u003e, and I think the quintessential ‘\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWednesday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCreek Rock’ album,” Hartzman said, articulating satisfaction with the ways her band has sharpened its trademark sound, how they’ve refined the formula that makes them one of the most interesting rock bands of their generation. “This is what\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eWednesday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esongs 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRat Saw God\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the defining rock \u0026amp; roll records of the 2020s so far,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBleeds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecame together at Drop of Sun in Asheville and was produced by Alex Farrar, who’s been recording the band since\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwin Plagues\u003c\/em\u003e. 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 its 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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