by Dan Goldin (@post_trash_)
Having already released the intimate and awesome MJ Lenderman and Wednesday effort, Guttering, earlier this year, Asheville, North Carolina’s Wednesday are set to return with their next proper album, the excellent Twin Plagues. Due out August 13th via Orindal Records (Lisa/Liza, Karima Walker, TJO), the band’s sophomore effort expands on the sounds and themes of their debut, but stretches out in territory the band have not previously explored. They blend their overdriven mix of grunge, folk, and Siamese Dream indebted alternative rock sounds together, with each song offering something a bit different, pieces of the picture instead of a the whole.
“One More Last One” is a new puzzle piece in Wednesday’s growing sound, one that trades in the direct songwriting of Karly Hartzman in favor of the band’s lap steel player, Xandy Chelmis, who wrote and handles lead vocals. The band use the opportunity to go full shoegaze, fully committed to the genre’s best qualities. The static distortion of the guitars comes ripping out the gate, drifting like thick clouds over the otherwise dreamy atmosphere. It’s thick and claustrophobic but full of beauty, as Chelmis’ words float, suspended in air (and feedback), settling into its own space among the wall of guitar noise.
Catch Wednesday live this Summer/Fall:
07/22 - Asheville, NC @ American Vinyl Co. (w/ Manas)
08/03 - Brooklyn, NY @ The Broadway (w/ The Glow & Margaret Sword)
08/04 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (w/ Beach Bunny & Earth Dad)
08/28 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle (w/ Chaos Control, Secret Shame & Charli Jasper)
09/03 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout (w/ Dan Wriggins & Advance Base)