A year ago this week, Wednesday released Bleeds, an incendiary album that continued their yearslong hot streak and ranks among 2025's masterpieces. To mark the one-year anniversary, the trendsetting North Carolina rockers are releasing a deluxe edition of the album this Friday padded out with demos, remixes, and covers.
The deluxe version of Bleeds features what we're told is a fresh batch of demos, including "June 2 (Early Version)," produced by Kenneth Blume, who also helmed the new Weezer album featuring Wednesday's Karly Hartzman. There are also remixes by Avey Tare, DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ, Fire-Toolz, and Andy Loebs plus covers of Wednesday songs by Gouge Away and Joe Harvey-Whyte. Enticing!
Today we get to hear "June 2 (Early Version)." It starts on the prettier, lower-key side of Wednesday's sound but eases its way toward distorted catharsis in a way that reminds me of Smashing Pumpkins. It ends with some classic Hartzman narration that might leave you feeling hollow and tingling all at once: "You killed yourself alone/ In a storage unit/ You’d seen enough/ You knew you had to do it."
Listen below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Reality TV Argument Bleeds"
02 "Townies"
03 "Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)"
04 "Elderberry Wine"
05 "Phish Pepsi"
06 "Candy Breath"
07 "The Way Love Goes"
08 "Pick Up That Knife"
09 "Wasp"
10 "Bitter Everyday"
11 "Carolina Murder Suicide"
12 "Gary’s II"
13 "Reality TV Argument Bleeds (Andy Loebs Remix)"
14 "The Way Love Goes (Joe Harvey-Whyte Version)"
15 "June 2 (Early Version)"
16 "Elderberry Wine (DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ Remix)"
17 "Carolina Murder Suicide (Avey Tare Remix)"
18 "Wasp (Gouge Away Version)"
19 "Poison the Sound (Demo)"
20 "Bitter Everyday (Fire-Toolz Remix)"
Bleeds Deluxe is out 9/18 on Dead Oceans. Pre-order or pre-save it here.
