"A little more than halfway through North Carolina indie rock band Bands with songs about their members' tumultuous interpersonal dynamics are not unique - see the long history of Fleetwood Mac - but what makes Hartzman's approach to the topic so compelling, in both prose and song, is her vulnerability, her plainspoken lyricism, and keen observation. Throughout this essay, she writes about exhaustion's toll on romance."
"It's a brief, Merle Haggard-inspired love song written by Wednesday's singer Karly Hartzman about the band's guitar player, Jake "MJ" Lenderman. Backed by a twinkling, twanging guitar, Hartzman gently exhales a tune that describes, if not praises, the tougher parts of love. The song, she reveals in this personal essay, was written in the waning days of her six-year relationship with Lenderman, and then recorded not long after they broke up."
Karly Hartzman vulnerably portrays the toll of exhaustion on a long romantic relationship, balancing plainspoken lyricism with keen observation. The band's guitarist Jake 'MJ' Lenderman is given understanding for emotional distance while Hartzman candidly describes being drunk, sad, and distant. The song 'The Way Love Goes' channels Merle Haggard influence with twinkling, twanging guitar and gentle delivery that emphasizes love's tougher parts. The song was written in the waning days of a six-year relationship and recorded soon after the breakup. The band Wednesday continues to tour and thrive without Lenderman, while interpersonal complexity informs the new album Bleeds.
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