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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Wednesday_PS23.png) Wednesday performing at Primavera Sound 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Asheville, North Carolina, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2017–present |
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| Website | www |
Wednesday is an American alternative rock band from Asheville, North Carolina, currently signed to Dead Oceans. The band consists of vocalist Karly Hartzman, guitarist MJ Lenderman, lap steel player Xandy Chelmis, drummer Alan Miller and bassist Ethan Baechtold. The band's style has been described as a mixture of shoegaze and country rock, while their lyrical content has been praised for its storytelling about life in the American south.
Wednesday was formed in 2017 as a solo project of Karly Hartzman. The band added Lenderman, Chelmis, and Miller to the lineup in 2020. The band's second studio album, I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone, was released in 2020 to positive reviews, followed by Twin Plagues in 2021. The band released a covers album titled Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling 'em Up in 2022. Months after the album's release, the band left its label and signed with Dead Oceans. In 2023, Wednesday released its fifth studio album, Rat Saw God.
- ^ Liu, Kelley. "Wednesday: Twin Plagues". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Hughes, Mia (13 February 2023). "Wednesday: fearless gang behind one of the year's defining rock albums". NME. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ a b Sodomsky, Sam. "Wednesday: Rat Saw God". Pitchfork. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ Deville, Chris (10 August 2021). "Album Of The Week: Wednesday Twin Plagues". Stereogum. Stereogum Media. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
If Wednesday initially scan as yet another band working in a well-traveled tradition, they quickly begin to stand out for the unique way they swirl disparate aesthetics into that old slacker-rock template.