Wednesday Announce Sixth Album 'Bleeds' With New Single Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)
Thursday, 19 June 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Graham Tolbert
Wednesday have announced their new album.
The follow-up to 2023's 'Rat Saw God' is titled 'Bleeds' and will arrive on September 19 via Dead Oceans. Produced at Drop of Sun Studio in the band's hometown of Asheville, North Carolina with returning collaborator Alex Farrar, the record spans 12 tracks that show off their alt-country sound with personal storytelling lyrics. Vocalist and primary lyricist, Karly Harzman said:
"'Bleeds' is the spiritual successor to 'Rat Saw God', and I think the quintessential ‘Wednesday Creek Rock’ album. This is what Wednesday songs are supposed to sound like. We've devoted a lot of our lives to figuring this out—and I feel like we did."
Alongside the announcement, the band have shared Wound Up Here (By Holdin On), a raw, Southern‑tinged indie-rock track that arrives with a video by Joriel Cura, below.
"This song is inspired by a story my friend told me, from when he had to pull a body out of a creek in West Virginia. Someone had drowned but they took a few days to resurface because of the current," Hartzman explained. "'I wound up here by holdin on' is a line from my friend Evan Gray's poetry book: Thickets Swamped in a Fence-Coated Briars. He gave me and Jake a copy of it to read on tour once and that line stuck out to me as pure genius so I stole it and wrote the rest of the song in my own words around it."
Previously, the band shared the single Elderberry Wine from the upcoming album, which they'll support with a North American tour in the fall. Tickets are on sale now. European tour dates are to be announced soon.
Album Art Credit: Kamila Mlynarczyk
'Bleeds' tracklist:
1. Reality TV Argument Bleeds
2. Townies
3. Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)
4. Elderberry Wine
5. Phish Pepsi
6. Candy Breath
7. The Way Love Goes
8. Pick Up That Knife
9. Wasp
10. Bitter Everyday
11. Carolina Murder Suicide
12. Gary’s II
Wednesday Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Thu October 09 2025 - SANTA FE New Mexico - Tumble Root (USA)
Sat October 11 2025 - PHOENIX Arizona - Crescent Ballroom (USA)
Tue October 14 2025 - SOLANA BEACH California - Belly Up Tavern (USA)
Fri October 17 2025 - LOS ANGELES California - Fonda Theatre (USA)
Sat October 18 2025 - OAKLAND California - Fox Theater (USA)
Mon October 20 2025 - SALT LAKE CITY Utah - Soundwell (USA)
Wed October 22 2025 - FT COLLINS Colorado - Aggie Theatre (USA)
Thu October 23 2025 - ENGLEWOOD Colorado - Gothic Theatre (USA)
Mon November 10 2025 - PHILADELPHIA Pennsylvania - Union Transfer (USA)
Tue November 11 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
Wed November 12 2025 - BROOKLYN New York - Brooklyn Steel (USA)
Thu November 13 2025 - MONTREAL Quebec - Club Soda (Canada)
Sat November 15 2025 - TORONTO Ontario - Concert Hall (Canada)
Sun November 16 2025 - DETROIT Michigan - Majestic Theatre (USA)
Mon November 17 2025 - CHICAGO Illinois - Riviera Theatre (USA)
Wed November 19 2025 - CLEVELAND Ohio - Globe Iron (USA)
Thu November 20 2025 - PITTSBURGH Pennsylvania - Roxian Theatre (USA)
Fri November 21 2025 - WASHINGTON District of Columbia - 9 30 Club (USA)
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