Wednesday

From a solo project

Not to be confused with the Canadian pop band of the same name. Wednesday began as a solo outlet for Karly Hartzman, who grew up in Greensboro, North Carolina, and met MJ Lenderman, Alan Miller and Xandy Chelmis through the DIY house-show scene at UNC Asheville. Paste says she put out Yep Definitely on Bandcamp in 2017, while Wikipedia dates it to January 31, 2018, as a duo with Daniel Gorham. The name was inspired by the Sundays; influences include Swirlies, Mitski, Drive-By Truckers, Lucinda Williams and Richard Buckner.

Releases followed on small labels: the EP How Do You Let the Love Into the Heart That Isn't Split Wide Open (December 2018), I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone (February 7, 2020) and Twin Plagues (August 13, 2021, Orindal), the first album with Lenderman as a full member. Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling 'Em Up (March 11, 2022) is a covers album including songs by Gary Stewart, Chris Bell, Drive-By Truckers, Vic Chesnutt and the Smashing Pumpkins. They signed to Dead Oceans on the last day of recording Rat Saw God, announced with "Bull Believer" on September 8, 2022.

Rat Saw God came out on April 7, 2023 and topped the year-end lists at Paste and Stereogum. They played Primavera Sound on June 4, 2023, and the NPR Tiny Desk Concert published March 1, 2024. Lenderman stopped touring in February 2025 but remains a studio member, with Jake Pugh touring on lead guitar. They appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert in May 2025, released Bleeds on September 19, 2025 on Dead Oceans, and a Weezer collaboration, "We Might as Well Be Strangers", is listed for 2026 along with an autumn 2026 North American tour with Mannequin Pussy.