Bleeds
by Wednesday
This album has been added to 3 private lists and 19 public lists:
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Wavelengths AOTY 2025
MikeBrendon's #7
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Listening log 2026
LeoDid not like it.
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Best of 2025
LiamAs the biggest Rat Saw God disliker I was shocked that I loooooved this album. Opening track is the best thing they’ve done EVER. Karly Hartzman are you free Thursday to hangout?
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Best, Favorite, & Most Interesting Albums Of 2025
Mark- Genre: Creek Rock / Indie rock / Alt-rock / Post Punk / Noise Rock / Alt-Country.
- Influenced by: Lucinda Williams, Richard Buckner, John Prine, Drive-By Truckers, The Sundays, My Bloody Valentine.
- Similar artists: Uncle Tupelo, Dinosaur Jr., Low, Waxahatchee, St. Vincent.
- About this album: Though Bleeds deals in themes of violence, loss, and southern-horror realism — bodies pulled from rivers, betrayal, murder–suicide, addiction — the band’s frontwoman Karly Hartzman insists the record isn’t a “dark record.” Rather, she frames it as a brutally honest snapshot of real life in small-town America — full of brutality, beauty, sorrow, and weird humor. The lyrics are dark, raw, and gritty. There's a Southern Gothic sense of longing, memory, and emotional reckoning. The album blends abrasive noise-rock, alt-country twang, shoegaze and raw storytelling, creating a uniquely “creek rock” atmosphere.
- Metacritic Score: 88 (universal acclaim).
- Awards / Nominations: Nominated for Radio WigWam Awards 2026 Best Indie Rock Artist. Snubbed by the Grammys.
- Song To Sample: “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)” — a melancholic and visceral track built on crunchy guitars and haunting vocals.
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Bryson Frye’s 2025 Year End List
thefourthfryeThis record is an alt-country, grungy piece of classy energy and distorted vibes.
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2025
Anton Engelbrecht NielsenSlacker-støjrock med country-elementer. Det er måske lyden af 90'ernes slacker-indie, men der er noget generelt nostalgisk over albummet i sin helhed.
Det er skifter mellem det rå, støjende og rocket til sukkersød country med slideguitarer og Nashville trommer. Super fint og smukt. Andre gange aggressivt.
12 skarpskårede sange på lige under 37 minutter. Forstår virkelig den hype albummet har fået, men er ikke blown away. Et super fint album, der ikke rigtig overrasker, men som stadig er en klar anbefaling herfra.
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Peras22Really good album. Amazing vocals.
Best Songs: Townies; Wound Up Here (By Holdin On); Pick Up That Knife
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2025
JamesThe distortion hits hard, but the emotional center of the album is startlingly vulnerable. Karly Hartzman writes in vivid fragments—gas stations, old memories, small humiliations—that accumulate into something unexpectedly moving. The band shifts naturally between country-rock looseness and walls of noise without sounding calculated about it. It captures the feeling of trying to laugh through genuine damage.
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