I first saw/heard of Wednesday at the Pitchfork Music Festival during the summer last year. My sister and I were walking back to the main stage after seeing a set from a group that our dad suggested(they were not good, but we will not name names). I was instantly attracted to Karly Hartzman’s calming voice over loud guitar passages and hard bass lines. The southern sound was familiar to folk/Americana music I had heard before, but the instrumentals it lay over gave it a new meaning. Bleeds by Wednesday is an album that blends the sound of Appalachian blues, funk, bluegrass, and too many genres to list. The North Carolina band’s sophomore album follows similar sounds to their debut album, Rat Saw God , while offering a more mature reflection on their time in the music industry. Lead Singer Karly Hartzman writes with a maturity beyond her years about love lost, abuse of power dynamics in disenfranchised America, an...
TILT is Songbird's album review section! I make it a weekly mission to listen to new music, and the one that makes the biggest impression on me gets a video and a blog post. It's all about celebrating music all across the spectrum. Please enjoy Check out the video review on all of our socials now . Today I listened to Good Faith . This is the sophomore album by French electronic producer Madeon (Hugo Leclercq). Released in November 2019, this project came after a five-year hiatus following his debut album Adventure, and it marks a complete sonic reinvention for the producer. EDM is my happy place. It was the first genre to help me escape the pop bubble back in 2017. It was digestible enough not to scare me off, but super interesting. Madeon is one of those artists that I first heard in the EDM sphere. I first heard him through the wonderful "Shelter" by him and Porter Robinson. Ever since that wonderful video, I have been a fan. With a new record, ...