Wednesday

Y’alternative? No, that’s too oversimplified for Wednesday’s taste. Alt-country? Too broad. How about countrygaze? Getting warmer. Creek rock? That’s more like it. This American band’s sound was forged in the picturesque landscapes of Appalachia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains and a property known as Haw Creek. They hail from North Carolina, famous for its mythical powers and Blue Velvet. It’s the state where David Lynch shot his iconic movie. And it’s why Wednesday’s music is as full of beauty and harmony as it is steeped in noise and ugliness. Stories borrowed from the lives of friends and neighbors mingle with singer Karly Hartzman’s own experiences. She founded Wednesday in 2017 as a solo project; today – six albums later, including four recorded with MJ Lenderman as a band member – it’s being hailed by Pitchfork as one of the world’s best rock bands. “Rock records don’t come much better than this,” writes the NME in a review of their latest release, Bleeds. Don’t miss this chance to hear them live at the OFF Festival.