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Wednesday

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"Listening to Wednesday gives me hope for the future." – Post-Trash

"Has there ever been a more troublesome key change than the one that occurs a minute and 40 seconds into Wednesday’s cover of “She’s Actin’ Single (I’m Drinkin’ Doubles)”? In the original version of Gary Stewart’s barroom weeper, the outlaw country legend seemed to be describing a sad, old routine—something that by now had become familiar enough for him to take a little comfort in sharing with the person on the barstool beside him. But in Wednesday’s take, listen for that turnaround after the first chorus, when the whole band starts winding up like some ancient, rusting machinery. You get the sense that tonight, for better or worse, might be their breaking point.

“She’s Actin’ Single” is just one of the songs that the Asheville, North Carolina, indie-rock quintet transforms on its new covers album, Mowing the Leaves Instead of Piling ’em Up. The follow-up to 2021’s excellent Twin Plagues, it’s the type of collection that, in a lesser band’s hands, might feel like a stopgap release: a low-stakes way of shaking off the jitters after a breakthrough. Instead, Mowing the Leaves feels crucial to Wednesday’s evolution, running through their influences—classic country, 1990s alt-rock and shoegaze, 2000s alt-country—to illustrate what the band draws on to create its signature blend." – Pitchfork

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