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Bleeds

Wednesday

Bleeds

Sixth album from the North Carolina indie rock band produced by Alex Farrar

ADM rating[?]

8.4

Label
Dead Oceans
UK Release date
19/09/2025
US Release date
19/09/2025
  1. 10.0 |   NME

    With more eyes on Wednesday than ever before, Karly Hartzman has delivered a record that’s lean, confrontational and lived-in
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  2. 9.4 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    While Bleeds may not have the monstrous impact of Rat Saw God, it’s a truly glorious follow-up with just as many moments of brilliance
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  3. 9.0 |   Uncut

    We can surely welcome more bittersweet beauties like the steely "Elderberry Wine" and, in particular, "The Way Love Goes", Hartzman's very own "Silver Springs". Print edition only

  4. 9.0 |   PopMatters

    Wednesday’s Bleeds is a monumental statement from one of the most exciting bands today, and it’s among the best records of the year
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  5. 8.8 |   Northern Transmissions

    Bleeds is an album of being kept awake by the trivial, a collage of bleary-eyed snapshots of the humorously mundane and our attempts to wrestle with their unsightliness
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  6. 8.7 |   Paste Magazine

    On the indie rock outfit’s fourth album, darkness and humor uplift each other with jocose morbidity as Karly Hartzman’s pen amplifies them both
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  7. 8.7 |   Pitchfork

    Karly Hartzman leads her North Carolina band in another triumph. The careful songwriting and coiled performances wrestle with the many fiascos of life and love
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  8. 8.6 |   Beats Per Minute

    These American tales are sad, and maybe even a little funny
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  9. 8.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    On Bleeds, Wednesday face the burden of great anticipation head-on, wielding a sound that has been sharpened to a razor edge
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  10. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    On their sixth album, Karly Hartzman and Co. trap darkness and heartbreak in creek-rock amber
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  11. 8.0 |   Clash

    It has all the ingredients and themes explored, the witty lyrics depicting eccentric narratives, soulful steel and melodic guitar, whether scratchy or tender
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  12. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    On their latest album, Bleeds, Wednesday find their sweet spot
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  13. 8.0 |   Under The Radar

    Bringing some straight up country sounds to the mix broadens Hartzman’s palette and the added variety makes Bleeds an across the board winner
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  14. 8.0 |   Record Collector

    Although Alex Farrar's production is slightly more refined, that only means vocalist Karly Hartzman's conspiratorial storytelling is crystal clear and the North Carolina band's musicianship is thrown in sharp relief. Print edition only

  15. 8.0 |   Slant Magazine

    The album veers between well-oiled honky-tonk and aggressive, battered guitar rock
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  16. 8.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    Wednesday know what they want to say, and how: Pouring their hearts out with reckless riffage to illustrate the agony and ecstasy of smalltown life
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  17. 8.0 |   DIY

    Full of the emotional heft they’ve already displayed a knack for conveying
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  18. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    Bruised and transcendent, Bleeds is a fire — hypnotic, ephemeral and destructive. It drips with acrimony and understanding, of strain and elation; like ripping off a bandaid to reveal a scar, healed but permanent
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  19. 8.0 |   Far Out

    With Bleeds verything feels grounded in something real. Everything has roots somewhere deep, even as we smile and laugh along with the absurdity of it all
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