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WEDNESDAY RELEASE NEW SINGLE + VIDEO “PICK UP THAT KNIFE”

Posted on 07/24/2025

 

Early Praise for Bleeds:

“The most exciting band in contemporary indie rock”

-Associated Press

“Fuses the blistering edges of shoegaze and the twangy ache of country into a vessel for vivid, gnarled storytelling, filled with literary detail.”

-TIME Magazine

“Small-town life is just a little too close for comfort on the charmingly dusty new single from Karly Hartzman’s band.” 

-Pitchfork, Best New Track

“Razor-sharp… A warm welcome back for the band.” 

-Rolling Stone

“One of the great rising rock bands”

-NPR

Wednesday release “Pick Up That Knife,” the rattling and grungy new single from the band’s recently announced forthcoming album, Bleeds. “’Pick Up That Knife’ is a song that revolves around feelings of helplessness, when every minor inconvenience hurts double cause you’re close to giving up. It’s also about when our pedal steel player Xandy threw up in the moshpit during the Death Grips set at Primavera Sound in 2023,” band leader and generational songwriter Karly Hatzman explains.

Wednesday’s recently released singles “Elderberry Wine” and “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)” have established Bleeds as one of the most anticipated albums of the year. They have garnered wide critical praise, including Best of 2025 mid-year lists, the coveted ‘Best New Track’ distinction by Pitchfork, adulation from TIME Magazine, GQ, NPR, Rolling Stone and a performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Bleeds is out September 19th via Dead Oceans.

With Bleeds Wednesday present an intoxicating collection of narrative-heavy Southern rock that—like many of the most arresting passages from the North Carolina band’s discography—thoughtfully explores the vivid link between curiosity and confession.

Bleeds is 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 its trademark sound, how they’ve refined the formula that makes them one of the most interesting rock bands of their generation.

WATCH THE “PICK UP THAT KNIFE” VIDEO

Just like Rat Saw God, one of the defining rock & 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 “MJ” 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.

Wednesday is going on tour in support of Bleeds this fall. The tour includes a west coast run with support from Friendship and an east coast leg with Daffo as support. Tickets are available now via wednesday.band. All dates below.

TOUR DATES:

07/26 – 07/27 – Portland, OR @ Project Pabst

09/27 – Austin, TX @ LEVITATION Festival

10/09 – Santa Fe, NM @ Tumble Root *

10/10-12 – Las Vegas, NV @ Best Friends Forever Festival

10/11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *

10/14 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern *

10/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre *

10/18 – Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater *

10/20 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell *

10/22 – Ft. Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre *

10/23 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre *

11/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^

11/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ^

11/12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel ^

11/13 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda ^

11/15 – Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall ^

11/16 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre ^

11/17 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theater ^

11/19 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron ^

11/20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre ^

11/21 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^

02/04 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset

02/05 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret

02/06 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser

02/08 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow Musikclub

02/09 – Berlin, DE @ Lido

02/10 – Munich, DE @ Strom

02/11 – Milan, IT @ Circolo Arci Bellezza

02/14 – Bilbao, ES @ Bilborock

02/15 – Madrid, ES @ Copernico

02/16 – Barcelona, ES @ La Nau Locales de Ensayo (La Nau)

02/19 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Orangerie

02/20 – Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo

02/21 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord

02/23 – Bristol, UK @ The Fleece

02/24 – Leeds, UK @ The Leeds Irish Centre

02/25 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

* w/ Friendship

^ w/ Daffo

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