{"id":7502,"date":"2025-11-13T15:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2025-11-13T15:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:55:59","slug":"wednesday-left-me-bleeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/socc\/2025\/11\/13\/wednesday-left-me-bleeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Left Me Bleeding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


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About a month ago, I found myself perched in the chair of a study room on the second floor of the library surrounded by several of my friends. I really considered writing more of my thesis. To no one\u2019s surprise, I did not. Instead, as my friends sat deeply immersed in their classwork, I rambled on about music and my excitement for the upcoming Wednesday show. It wasn\u2019t until I used the word \u201ctwang\u201d (a word I use often when describing their music) that my friends perked up and started giggling. I sat there confused as to what was so funny, and you can imagine my surprise when they told me they were unfamiliar with the term. I then dove into explaining various Southern twangs and drawls for way too long. Our spirited back and forth came to an end when one of my friends asked, \u201cso are we talking about the way you say oil??\u201d I could\u2019ve argued that I say the word oil with more of a drawl, but I was too caught up in a fit of laughter. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The night of the show, I found myself swept up in a whirlwind of Southern twang, unexpected nostalgia, and buzzing excitement as North Carolina\u2019s Wednesday delivered one of the most insane performances I\u2019ve ever witnessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Setting the stage for the energy of the show were three very specific things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. I walked through the doors of Denver\u2019s Gothic Theatre and was immediately greeted by the single greatest piece of merch I\u2019ve ever seen\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    A black t-shirt branded with the words:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you think I\u2019m a bitch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You are right!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you think I\u2019m bossy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Correct as well<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If you think I\u2019m going to put up with your shit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    GUESS AGAIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ‘Cause I’m a fan of the band<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    I happily purchased this shirt, along with a bumper sticker declaring \u201cOne Day I\u2019ll Kill The Bitch Inside My Brain.\u201d I\u2019m a sucker for good merch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. As the stage underwent its change from openers Friendship to headliners Wednesday, members of the band carried out trinket after trinket. Soon, the stage was covered in various vintage dolls, individual doll legs, stuffed animals, and even a fringed lamp that sat on a small bedside table surrounded by miscellaneous d\u00e9cor. It was an image straight out of an antique store in the South. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Their walk-out song was \u201cUSE THE KEYBOARD KNIFE\u201d by 300SkullsAndCounting. Need I say more??<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Just listen: https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/300skullsandcounting\/use-the-keyboard-knfe-5<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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      The show hadn\u2019t even started, and I was already convinced that Wednesday had to be made up of some of the coolest people ever. This thought was immediately confirmed as Karly Hartzman took the mic, and the band erupted into the opening song off of their newest album Bleeds<\/em>. \u201cReality TV Argument Bleeds\u201d is a song that builds and builds and builds until it explodes (my favorite kind of song). I was floored at the intensity and rawness of Hartzman\u2019s vocals, and I could feel the same shock and excitement from the rest of the crowd. With half of my body hanging over the barricade, I looked over to my right and grinned at the immediate and unanimous head banging that lined the barricade and went back as far into the crowd as I could see. The energy was all up from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cCircle pit after five songs!? Hell yeah!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \u201cHot Rotten Grass Smell\u201d off of the band\u2019s third album Rat Saw God <\/em>was the fifth song of the set and really seemed to set the crowd into motion. A pit opened up, and my head started buzzing with the sound of distorted lap steel. In that moment, all you could do was scream and mosh. It was almost cathartic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      As you can probably tell, I was quite enamored by Wednesday and their stage presence. There were only a few moments throughout the show where I thought to press play on my voice memo app. If you hear my voice\u2026no you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n