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Wednesday's new album, "Bleeds", is 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. Just like "Rat Saw God", one of the defining rock 'n' roll records of the 2020s so far,
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.