Bleeds takes a relationship that crammed work and life into close quarters and burns down the whole building. On 2021’s Twin Plagues, she quoted James Baldwin, asking “How can you live if you can't love? “They’ll meet you outside,” Hartzman warns, first fearful, then giddy, then downright ecstatic, as jet-thruster guitars kick in and carry the song off into the sunset. It could’ve only been made after Wednesday’s leap to the indie big leagues, but Bleeds is the spiritual big sister to Twin Plagues. Ending Bleeds on a piece of town gossip and a punchline is both a respite after the emotional outpouring that precedes it and telling of Hartzman’s ambitions.