‘Bleeds’ Confirms Wednesday As A Defining 2020s Indie Band

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AI, ICE, NVIDIA, the IDEF — the world now is made up of foreboding dominant consonants and creepy occasional vowels, much like “dystopia” itself. Wednesday is a defining band of 2020s indie. But I can prove it by pointing out that Wednesday is also foundational for an additional indie subgenre. The following year, Wednesday’s guitarist MJ Lenderman put out his fourth record, Manning Fireworks. But what hasn’t been discussed is the subtextual drive of Bleeds, which (to my ears) is a pronounced push to make Wednesday as approachable as Lenderman’s music.