{"id":160895,"date":"2025-08-20T10:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160895\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:48:37","slug":"wednesday-share-bitter-everyday-following-karlys-album-preview-solo-show-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/160895\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday share “Bitter Everyday” following Karly’s album preview solo show in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday<\/b>\u2018s anticipated new album Bleeds<\/a> is exactly one month away (it arrives September 19 via Dead Oceans), and today they shared its fourth single, \u201cBitter Everyday.\u201d It\u2019s a grungy indie rock song that sounds like trademark Wednesday, and it comes with a video by Ben Turok shot in Lake Santeelah in Western North Carolina. Singer\/guitarist Karly Hartzman says:<\/p>\n

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\u201cBitter Everyday\u201d 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 [aka MJ Lenderman] 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\u2019s song \u201cEasy\u2019s Gettin\u2019 Harder Everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Check it out below.<\/p>\n

The song comes one day after Karly was in NYC for a private album preview event at Night Club 101 that included an album listening session, a conversation with music journalist Holden Seidlitz<\/a>, and an intimate, 5-song solo performance. We got stories about the songs she played, and even more about the lyrics during the Q&A. We heard some wild stories about the late Gary King, who owned the Haw Creek property where Karly and other Asheville musicians lived, who inspired Colin Miller\u2019s entire new album<\/a>, and who has a song named after him on the new Wednesday album for the second<\/a> time in the band\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

We also heard about how very important her home state of North Carolina is to her, her music and the identity of the band Wednesday. She talked about the album having a song that finds her screaming the whole time and said that she wants to make a whole screamy album at some point. And in contrast, she called the album\u2019s beloved, country-leaning lead single \u201cElderberry Wine\u201d the hardest song for her to sing. She didn\u2019t play the full screamy song during her set, but she was met by lots of cheers in the moments she screamed, and of course \u201cElderberry Wine\u201d was a hit too. Watch a video of her playing that one below.<\/p>\n

The whole Wednesday band will be in NYC when their tour hits Brooklyn Steel on November 11 & 12<\/b><\/a> with support from Daffo<\/b>. All upcoming dates are listed below.<\/p>\n

Pre-order Wednesday\u2019s new album on Eco Mix vinyl in the BV shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday \u2014 2025 Tour Dates<\/b>
09\/27 \u2013 Austin, TX @ LEVITATION Festival
10\/09 \u2013 Santa Fe, NM @ Tumble Root\u202f*
10\/10-12 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ Best Friends Forever Festival
10\/11 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom\u202f*
10\/14 \u2013 Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern\u202f*
10\/17 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre\u202f*
10\/18 \u2013 Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater\u202f*
10\/20 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell\u202f*
10\/22 \u2013 Ft. Collins, CO @ Aggie Theatre\u202f*
10\/23 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre\u202f*
11\/10 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer\u202f^
11\/11 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel\u202f^
11\/12 \u2013 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel\u202f^
11\/13 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Club Soda\u202f^
11\/15 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Concert Hall\u202f^
11\/16 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre\u202f^
11\/17 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theater\u202f^
11\/19 \u2013 Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron\u202f^
11\/20 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ Roxian Theatre\u202f^
11\/21 \u2013 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club\u202f^
02\/04 \u2013 Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuset #
02\/05 \u2013 Oslo, NO @ Parkteatret #
02\/06 \u2013 Stockholm, SE @ Debase r#
02\/08 \u2013 Hamburg, DE @ Molotow Musikclub #
02\/09 \u2013 Berlin, DE @ Lido #
02\/10 \u2013 Munich, DE @ Strom #
02\/11 \u2013 Milan, IT @ Circolo Arci Bellezza #
02\/14 \u2013 Bilbao, ES @ Bilborock #
02\/15 \u2013 Madrid, ES @ Copernico #
02\/16 \u2013 Barcelona, ES @ La Nau Locales de Ensayo (La Nau) #
02\/19 \u2013 Brussels, BE @ Botanique Orangerie #
02\/20 \u2013 Paris, FR @ Le Trabendo #
02\/21 \u2013 Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord #
02\/23 \u2013 Bristol, UK @ The Fleece #
02\/24 \u2013 Leeds, UK @ The Leeds Irish Centre #
02\/25 \u2013 London, UK @ Electric Ballroom #<\/p>\n

* w\/ Friendship
^ w\/ Daffo
# w\/ Bleary Eyed<\/p>\n