4.0 out of 5.0 stars 4.0At last, after an anticipatory run of singles, Wednesday dropped its sixth studio album, “Bleeds,” on Sept. 19. In an interview on Hanuman Welch’s podcast, ALT CTRL, Lead singer Karly Hartzman described “Bleeds” as a spiritual successor to their previous album “Rat Saw God.” The original desired name for the album, “Carolina Girl,” was met with her bandmates’ disapproval. One of the songs featured on the album, “Phish Pepsi,” is a new rendition of a song the two collaborated on in 2021. “Bleeds” is a cathartic measure in nostalgia, love, memories, both fond and unfond; healing, acceptance, family and community. As Hartzman and Lenderman have once said, “How Do You Let the Love Into the Heart That Isn’t Split Wide Open?” A heart split open is a heart that bleeds, and a heart that bleeds is a heart that heals.