Wednesday | Auckland w/ Awning

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<p>When North Carolina&rsquo;s noise makers Wednesday first visited Aotearoa off the</p><p>back of their album RAT SAW GOD, audiences were taken by surprise in the</p><p>best possible way. A 95bFM review called the band&rsquo;s Whammy show &ldquo;a sold out</p><p>countrygaze extravaganza&rdquo;, and everyone who came left with big hearts and</p><p>even bigger smiles.</p><p>Now, with the band&rsquo;s unbelievable sixth album Bleeds out in the world, it&rsquo;s high</p><p>time that Banished Music and Strange News had their fun pals from Asheville</p><p>down for a repeat visit, with three shows across Wellington, Lyttelton, and</p><p>Auckland happening this May.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>&ldquo;Rock records don&rsquo;t come much better than this&rdquo; - NME *****</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Bleeds is the album the band are calling &ldquo;not only the best Wednesday</p><p>record&mdash;it&rsquo;s also the most Wednesday record&rdquo;, with all the elements that make</p><p>the Southern rock magic of this rare group so special. NME put it beautifully in</p><p>their five-star review of the album, heaping well deserved praise on Wednesday&rsquo;s</p><p>&ldquo;blown-out distortion, weirdo-country slide guitar and serrated melodies&rdquo;.</p><p><br></p><p>Fronted and founded by the fierce and fun Karly Hartzman, whose songs are</p><p>at once confessional and crack-up, Wednesday have built a formidable</p><p>reputation for being one of the best - and most dynamic - live bands on the</p><p>circuit. Joining Karly will be the inimitable and animated Xandy Chelmis on lap</p><p>steel and pedal steel, Alan Miller (drums), Ethan Baechtold (bass, piano).</p>

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