Wednesday - "Bitter Everyday"
Photo by Graham Tolbert
We're fully into everything Wednesday puts out, and love seeing if their songs go more towards the indie rock side or alt-country side of their sound. Their latest, "Bitter Everyday," definitely fits into their indie rock side of theirs, with intensely whining guitars and a generous layer of fuzz over the entire shebang. It's a loud and noisy song, so if you love that sort of thing, this one is for you. Their more country side comes out more in the lyrics, and has quite a bit in common with the subject matter of their sometime tour mates Drive-By Truckers. In fact, sonically "Bitter Everyday" sounds a bit like Drive-By Truckers meets Built to Spill.
Karly Hatzman says of her band's latest single:
“‘Bitter Everyday’ is a song formed around my desperate desire to tell the story about how in 2019 this lady came up on our porch at like 3 in the morning when Jake and our friend Andrew were out there drinking and playing guitar. She asked them if she could sing them a song she had written, she had an incredible voice. They recorded a voice note of it and showed it to me the next morning when I woke up. I knew which lady it was, she was a houseless person who walked around the downtown area a lot. Weeks later, I was walking home from work and I saw a photo of her on a telephone pole. It was an old mug shot of her, and she was done up in juggalo makeup. The description on the paper said she was wanted for murder. The chorus is an homage to Iris DeMent's song ‘Easy's Gettin' Harder Everyday.’”
You can watch the video for "Bitter Everyday" below. Bleeds is out September 19 on Dead Oceans, and is available for pre-order here. For more on Wednesday, check out the band's website. Upcoming tour dates are below the video.
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 @ Debase r#
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
# w/ Bleary Eyed
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