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I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone (Reissue)

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1.
Fate Is... 02:40
2.
Billboard 02:56
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Underneath 05:17
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November 03:25
6.
Maura 03:07
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Coyote 04:56
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Reissue of I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone April 7, 2023

I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone is Wednesday’s second full-length album & first as a full band. The Asheville, NC quintet (guitarist/vocalist Karly Hartzman, lead guitarist Daniel Gorham, pedal steel guitarist Xandy Chelmis, bassist Margo Schultz & drummer Alan Miller) maximizes the dark dissonance of a three guitar attack to highlight the emotionality of Hartzman’s bell-clear vocals & wisps of half-recalled memories & literary references that make up her lyrics. I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone’s eight songs meld elements of shoegaze, grunge, indie pop & southern American culture into a uniquely personal style of modern rock music that resonates with power & tenderness.

The ever-darkening & deepening of Wednesdays’ sound on I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone owes a debt of influence to The Swirlies, Arthur Russell, Red House Painters, Tenniscoats, Ana Roxanne, Acetone, & their continued collaboration with MJ Lenderman (who lends backing vocals to the songs “Billboard” & “November”). I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone was recorded at Hartzman’s home with engineering assistance from her roommate Colin Miller. The depth & clarity of the recordings balance the distorted volume of Wednesday’s live performances with the intimacy of Hartzman’s voice. Her words hold the center of the chaos, unobscured by the power of the band.

Hartzman describes her lyrics as “attempts to access old personal memories & do them justice through prose, with inspiration from the writings of Richard Brautigan, Flannery O’Connor, David Berman & Tom Robbins, & movies like Steel Magnolias.”

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released February 7, 2020

Vocals, Guitar - Karly Hartzman
Bass - Margo Schultz
Drums - Alan Miller
Guitar - Daniel Gorham
Lap Steel - Xandy Chelmis
Additional Vocals on "Billboard" and "November" - MJ Lenderman
All Songs -
Karly Matana Hartzman (BMI)
Recorded by - Colin Miller in Asheville North Carolina
Mastered by - Scoops Dardaris
Cover Art - Karly Hartzman

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