Wednesday - "Elderberry Wine"

Photo by Graham Tolbert

Rat Saw God was my #3 album of 2023, so I'm clearly going to be thrilled to hear new music from Wednesday. The North Carolina band's latest is "Elderberry Wine," which leans more into the Americana side of their indie rock meets Americana sound. There are a lot of bands combining those two genres these days, but no one quite does it as well as Wednesday. They seem to be able to move between and blur the two genres adeptly, and even an almost purely Americana song of theirs puts just enough indie rock fuzz to it to keep things interesting. "Elderberry Wine" also features some of the finest vocals we've heard from singer Karly Hartzman to date. As of right now this is a standalone single, but hopefully we'll be hearing more from Wednesday in the near future.

Karly Hartzman says of the band's latest single:

“‘Elderberry Wine’ is about the potential for sweet things in life (love, family, success) to become poison if not prepared for and attended to correctly. Elderberry is known as a healing fruit, and is an ingredient in many tonics and syrups to aid the immune system. One time however, my sister consumed them raw and it immediately induced vomiting. So ‘Elderberry Wine’ is ultimately a love song about creating just the right environment for fulfillment. There's a delicate balance that needs to be created, especially in love, for two lives to intersect without poisoning each other.”

You can watch the video for "Elderberry Wine" below. The single is available now on Dead Oceans. For more on Wednesday, check out the band's website. Upcoming live dates are below the video.

7/26-7/27 - Portland, OR @ Project Pabst

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