ya'll I swear to G-d we're gonna play everywhere... esp the south duh

I really wanna see yall live. But unfortunately no GA show. Make things happen. pu.

Also I collect CDs but im pretty sure yall dont got cds of ur other projects. If yall ever make some lmk. Would love to have them. Ur stuff is awesome. Good luck in life :

A: There’s shows in the South and Texas and literally all the places that people are bummed aren’t on this first run that are already booked/in the process of being booked.

These are just the first run of shows that are announced….. patience my sweet babies

home

q:

Hi Karly!

Over the past couple of years you have become one of my favorite artists ever (saw you play Jake's show at brooklyn steel the other day making you one of my most seen musicians now) So so so grateful for your work !!

I'm moving into a new apartment in a couple of weeks so I've been thinking a lot about what I can do to make my new place feel like my own.

For you, what are your absolute must-haves? what kind of beer do you keep stocked in the fridge? coming back from tour what kind of things are you happy to see when you get home?

rock on >:D

A: You asked me this a really long time ago, but it got lost down in the depths of my email lol. Maybe ur already settled in by now but I’m gonna answer anywayz

My main must have is to have shit up on the walls…. I do that as soon as all my furniture is moved in. That is immediately what makes ur house feel homey. People thought I had been living in my house for like a years when I has only moved in like a month previous and I think that mostly has to do with stuff thats hung up… I think because a lot of people put off doing that specific thing.

IMO you dont need a frame for everything also, I just tape shit to the wall a lot of the time

I think rugs are also crucial if you got wood/non carpeted floors. It’ll really tie the room together ;)

Getting the necessary shit to play music and watch movies helps.

My fridge stays embarrassingly barren most of the time… I have to clear it out so often when I go out on tour so it’s a force of habit. I usually make one huge vat of soup or some type of salad/rice dish and just eat it for literally every meal until its gone and then I do it again.

I don’t keep beer in my fridge cause I try not to drink when I’m not on tour… but I do have some liquers on top of my fridge (I love fernet and nonino and averna and cynar they are my weakness) I usually only drink them on special occasions though.

When I come back from tour I’m excited to see literally everything in my house (minus the dust) but especially my cat Girl Girl <3

Memoriez

Q:

as a fellow memory having gurl who draws back into the past via mental/physical experiences and/or nostalgia (do you find yourself to be more nostalgic than the usual guy?), do you ever find that a large portion of your brain is being used to store these memories and your short term memory and processing of new experiences is just not firing on all cylinders?

Or maybe... do you struggle living in the present when the past in so in reach and comforting to crawl into?

I ask because... you resonate, your drawing in on memories resonates, and I find myself doin it a lot - and I wonder if it impedes my currently abilities to make new memories. Maybe my brain is just rotting. Or maybe this just happens as we age.

A: I try to only really think deeply/nostalgically about my past when I’m writing cause it is so wrought with extreme emotions and I can think more critically about stuff I’m further away from…

I think I would get a lil overwhelmed confronting past versions of myself if I thought about my past outside of my creative work. I look back fondly on moments from my past but I would neeeevvvvvverr wanna go back in time to experience most stuff from that time.

I don’t it impacts you negatively like ur saying to be nostalgic about the past. I think other things are much more likely to impede our ability to make new memories…? Mostly like, getting older and having less energy (or more critical thinking) to go out and do crazy shit.

I feel like (I think most people can relate to this also) the memories that come up for me against my will are always the most embarrassing and painful ones, and having that shit come up makes me physically wince its so uncomfortable.

I think something I’m more prone to do nowadawys is fantasize about the future. Sometimes I’ll meet someone and immediately start imagining our life together as a married couple growing old together??? Honestly I’m trying to get out of that habit though, I don’t think it’s the healthiest expectation to put on someone.

Bevvies

what is your beverage of choice for these situations:
- before a show
- after a show
- first thing in the morning
- out w/ friends

A:

Before a show: probably like a ginger shot or coconut water cause I feel like shit on tour from eating like shit/being tired and it revitalizes me a lil

After a show: I don’t really drink anything other than water after I get off stage, but on stage i drink Casa Migos tequila (stole this from the Truckers) or Fernet

First thing in the morning: I drink a mug of microwaved water lol…. supposed to be good for you. Then I drink mushroom coffee cause I’m mostly weened off caffeine.

Out with friends: When I’m out i’ll usually drink fernet if they got it or just like a tequila or vodka soda. I wish I could drink beer cause I like the taste but it hurts my stomach for some reason.

Saturn Return / getting older

Q:

Dear Karly,
I’ve been listening to Elderberry Wine on repeat since its release and it’s made me so excited for the new album!
I’ve just finished going through my Saturn Return and am about to turn 30 and the shifts and changes I have experienced throughout the last 2 years have felt like a real journey towards self actualisation and getting closer to who I’ve always wanted to be.
I guess my question for you, as someone of a simile age, do you fuck with the concept of your Saturn Return and what have your findings/feelings been so far?

A:

Yoooooo I’m definitely going through some transitional and highly transformative years, but I’ve always had trouble of seeing them in an astrological context. For whatever reason that lens never stuck with me. BUT I def think the late twenties/early thirties is like life defining shit.

I made a ton of changes in my life in the past couple of years once I was really able to think critically about what I wanted/needed from my life. I was able to take those needs seriously enough to put in the work to orient myself towards what I learned about myself in those years.

Every year/month/day that passes I solidify into my sense of self more and more and I am sooooo grateful I’m not steeped in the uncertainty that pervaded my early/mid 20’s. Aging so far has been such an incredible process. I’ve learned sosososososos much ESPECIALLY this year and that shit HURTS but it also feels so GOOD to know. Still learning of course… but damn is it easier to navigate life with a fully formed brain.

Where to procure Elderberry Wine / Greensboro shiyt

Q: i have been to total wine, bestway, and even called local wineries in the area but to no avail. please please where do i purchase some of that elderberry wine?! my girlfriend and i want to listen to elderberry wine while drinking elderberry wine!!! also i was wondering if you had any tips and tricks for getting yourself into the greensboro music scene specifically, im in a band and we want to play shows! (also i should mention that we did a show at app and did all wednesday covers bc we are your biggest fans ;) anyways, thank you for being epic or whatever :p

A:

This is blasphemy but….. I’ve never had Elderberry Wine………………………….

Xandy’s dad got some somewhere recently but I have no idea where. Maybe Dm him and ask. Xandy, not Xandy’s dad.

For Greensboro music scene I’d send your recordings to Etc, and Flat Iron and be like “hey if you ever need openers were locals”. Also I just met the person who runs house shows at Swag House (@swaghouse_shows) and they seem to be really organized widdit and are throwing all sorts of shows n stuff maybe DM them too!

Idk many more spots other than that cause it’s like UNCG kids throwing most of the shows probably and I would feel like 1,0000,000,,00,00,0,000000 years old/ very creepy tryna connect with those folks

OMGGG also did anyone record the Wednesday cover set??? Send it to me biytch!!

The G in LGBT stands for Greensboro

Q:

Hey Karly,
This is M**** K***(dont wanna dox u lol) from Greensboro/Richmond. First of all, I am really loving Elderberry Wine. It’s my favorite song of yours to date and I’ve had it on loop on this rainy Richmond day.

I was curious about what your opinion on living in Greensboro is after living elsewhere and moving back as an adult. I’ve always had conflicting opinions of my hometown but I am also its biggest cheerleader and have been thinking about it a lot lately.

A:

Honestly, I go back and forth with it. I love living here but sometimes I have to confront old versions of myself unavoidably here.

I know for a fact I never wanna live outside of North Carolina (if I had to for some reason I would not leave the south…. I would be in like eastern TN or Mississippi or Kentucky or something)

Greensboro mostly just rocks rn cause it’s great to be in a place I’m so familiar with when I’m not on tour and I can hang with my parents and my best friend from growing up. A lot of my high school buds are still here too.

Idk how long I’ll stay, I miss Asheville a lot sometimes. I needed to get out of there for a minny though and Greensboro’s been awesome for now!

I LOVE the idea of repping your random ass hometown with a vengeance which is why im so dedicated to being like “GREEENSBOROOOOOOOO woooo” anytime we do something. It made me who I am today or whateva, so I’m so thankful for this place.

Advice for 17 year old self

Q:

Hi Karly! I just wanted to say that as a 17yr old growing up in Asheville, that your art makes a huge huge impact!! My question would be what would you like to tell your 17yr old self? love you :)

A:

Damn,,,,, idk.

I had some p shitty stuff happen to me when I was 17 that I never thought I’d be able to recover from.

I think I would tell myself that everyone who told me that “everything happens for a reason” were wrong.

Some shit is senseless and violent and chaotic for no reason.

BUT I would tell myself that experiencing that loss and pain and healing from it would eventually really inform who I was in adulthood, would help me relate to other people more easily, and would help me channel pain into something that would define my life and help me find my purpose.

I don’t think that shit happened when I was seventeen in order for me to discover that stuff about myself in some divine intervention…. cause I think that centers myself in a pretty selfish way. But…. in a way i’m thankful for the experience looking back.

I guess the short version of this is like: life is gonna be painful and sad sometimes and you’re gonna be like what the fuck is the point???? But then on the other side you’re gonna be thankful that you are capable of feeling a full spectrum of emotions and experiencing love, loss, happiness, sadness, anger, passion, kindness, selfishness, closeness and loneliness at different times in your life. As long as there’s a lil bit of everything that shit is what makes life fucking incredible.

lol idk !!!! damn honestly writing that out was therapeutic af for me… haha thanks for asking ur q

guitar pedals

Q: hellooooo!!! i'm starting to look into getting guitar pedals and ur music is one of my biggest inspirations. I'm not super sure where to start. would love if you could give pedal recs or what pedals you use! :)

also... sick website! inspired me to delete tiktok and start journaling lol. finding there r much better things to do than rot on my iphone all day.

A:

I appreciate the ask but all I use it a 90’s ProCoRAT pedal and a tuner. I miiiight get something new soon but I hate when shit gets complicated gear wise.

Jake and Xandy the tone hounds! I think they did an MJ Lenderman rig run down on Youtube though if u wanna check that out should have all the deets!

typography

Q: what’s ur relationship with font and typography? & do you have any go to fonts to recommend? Ignore if you’ve already answered but I’m into ur designs

A: ooooo I was just looking into type faces to use for the designs on our album art etc etc.

RN I’m having a really strong curly-cue phase.

Ive been into the fonts: Beyond Wonderland, Coraline’s Cat, and Emily’s Candy :)

they ain’t very sophisticated but that’s what I’m at!

beginning guitar

Q: hi karly! your music has been a big inspiration for me wanting to learn guitar. i bought a squier strat a year ago but really never found myself consistently playing. what advice do you have for a newer player? i feel like musicians were just born knowing how to play but the truth is everyone had to start somewhere. how did you learn and what are some tips or guidance you would give to someone new with the experience you have now?

thanks for taking time to answer! excited for new music when it comes :)

A: girrrllllll I still barely know how to play

My advice is watch youtube videos of other people who’s playing you like and try to copy em!

For writing songs: just fuck around with your fingers in different places on the neck until you hear something that sounds like the feeling you’re trying to get across (plus knowing a few basic chords help, you can learn those from the charts on ultimate guitar)

Also try writing in open tunings and just cover all the strings to make chords if you want a realllly basic structure to try your hand at writing.

lessons are always available too if you have the means but I’ve never actually had one myself, I don’t do super well in that kinda learning environment.

idk if this is good advice but its what I got!

Bugz

Q: Hi Karly,
What is your favorite insect??

Thanks =)

A: a billion lightning bugs in the woods at night !!!!

Charlotte

hi Karly! wanted to reach out and say your music and art means a lot to me. i'm born and raised in Charlotte (my mom and grandparents are from Asheville!) and now an undergrad at UNC, and after meeting so many people from so many places I'm really starting to appreciate this state and how special it is. your music really ties together so many elements - the good, bad, and mundane - about growing up here and I'm really thankful for its existence.

anyway, here's my question: thoughts on Charlotte? any fun times/weird memories? complete ambivalence? would love to hear haha

p.s. come to cat's cradle! (or literally anywhere in clt/triangle area) i WILL be there

A: To be quite honest, I struggle with Charlotte. Out of all the cities in NC, I can just not get a fuckin read on it!!!

The crowds there have been so odd…. Snug Harbor crowds i’ve played to often talk over sets to a frankly insane degree. Our shows at Neighborhood Theater have been a mixed bag…. idk. I’m open to changing my opinion but I swear every time I’m there I am reaffirmed in feeling that it is just an odd lil place.

Wish I had more nice things to say…. you know I’m ride or die for NC as a whole but yeah Charlotte… idk something just don’t click for me there. I have a million close friends that were born and raised there tho! That is the one thing I can give it!

Food recs WNC

Hi Karly!

I am very new here, so I don't know if this has been answered already, but as someone that stays in Knoxville, I drive across to WNC all the time. Whenever I'm there, though, I never know where to grab food!!! What are some of your favs?

We miss u at the Pilot Light!!
BYEEEE

A: ooooooo good question!!!

My fave Asheville restaurant is Leo’s House of Thirst in West Asheville! It’s a weee bit fancy but so good for a celebration. I haven’t been to Neng Jr’s (a crime, i need to go!!!!) but I’ve heard that’s also a good spot for a fancier dinner date.

Best mexican is Munoz! I get it p much everytime I go to Asheville.

hmmmmm… some stuff has closed since I lived there cause of the hurricane and otha reasons… but Chai Pani rocks for indian food! Can be hard to get in there sometimes though. All Souls for pizza <3 Gypsy Queen for mediterranean. ummmmmmmmmm I eat the food from West Village Co-op like a loooot for snacks and lunch wheneva i’m in town. Rowan in West Asheville for coffee !

That’s all I can think of off tha top <3

biiiitch i love the Pilot Light. In my top 10 venues easily… probably top 3 even. We’ll def play there again one day <3

What would I do if I wasn't playing music?

Hey Karly!

I just want to say that I love your music and I feel like you have revived my love of all things DIY.

I wanted to ask what you think you'd be doing if you weren't a full time musician/artist. Perhaps you'd still be doing these things in tandum but just wondering if there is any other career path that ever interested you?

Also, we have a lot of the same taste in video games lol. If you haven't played "Gone Home" yet I highly recommend. Sort of like Edith Finch but shorter and a little spookier.

A:

whooooa tbh it stressed me out so much to think of a world where I’m not doing music full time!!!!!

Luckily I put all of my eggs in that basket and made it my only option. It’s hard to think of a world where I didn’t make it my biggest and only goal.

If I wasn’t playing music full time I’d probably wanna do something that would give me a lot time outside of work to work on music lol. I think I would probably try to be my sister’s secretary (shes a doctor of acupuncture)

Maybe I’d try to run a DIY venue??? Or something else that’s involved in contributing to the local music community. I think DIY spaces are still one of the coolest parts of the music “machine” rn, kinda the only spots that consistently uphold values/integrity (not all, but many!).

There’s a really neat space in Greensboro where I live called Etc. that does shows and community events and social justice organizing and shit… I would probably wanna be contributing to something like that if I wasn’t doing what I’m doin rn.

hmmmm I’d probably also be doing sewing stuff a lot too if I wasn’t touring like I do but tbh the fashion world is a deeply intimidating place to me so I’m glad that’s not my main industry rn.

I have played Gone Home also <3 I love it, but def pales in comparison to Edith Finch imo

viddy game recs

Q:

Hiiiiii,

Hope your spring is going good. U mentioned liking indie games and I was wondering what some of ur favs are/reccs. I got an old DS on eBay and I've been putting stickers on it and I think everyone needs one tbh.

A:

yooooo!! I got some recs in my "faves of all time" tab on my site!

tryna think of other shit i like that’s not on there.... i haven’t had a on of time to play games recently :( Most recently I played and really enjoyed “Detention” by RedCandleGames!

theres this youtuber I watch that makes increddddible recommends like once a month. Usually all indie games too!

some cutie questions

hi Karly! love your website so much and everything you’ve ever created. thank you for being around. i have 2 questions :)

1. what’s your favorite thing about yourself?
2. whats your favorite dessert?

love all your recs thank you for everything
much love from minnesota, you’re my favorite music to listen to heal to jam to

A: Awww these are sweet q’s…. hmmm

Fave thing about myself is that I can express myself exactly the way I want to with words and other art… its taken a long fuckin time to get there. I have been trying to say what I mean for so long… I think I’m finally getting around to truly doing that. Always trying to just communicate something so specific, it gets so much easier the more I learn in life and the more I get to know myself!

Fave dessert is baklava! <3

Life is Strange

Q: I see you have the first Life Is Strange game listed as a fave, it was a big one for me too! Have you played any of the other games in the Life Is Strange series? Or that new one by the original studio "Lost Records: Bloom & Rage"? Any thoughts on any of them? Wednesday rules!

A: Ommgggggg I have such a love for that game. The way those characters dress and talk and act is SOOOO reminiscent of how I was at that age it’s freaky. It’s crazy that they wrote characters that age so fucking accurately. It’s like cringy in the same way that “8th Grade” movie is…. almost too real.

I played the prequel too but I don’t really remember it! I think I liked it tho!

I didn’t play the ones with the different main characters cause the reviews I read were mixed and I didn’t wanna sully the relationship I have with the original games.

I know they just did another part to the LIS story with the original characters right? I still need to play that.

I haven’t heard of the other one you mentioned! I’ll check it out!

(update, it was already on my play list I just haven’t gotten it yet…. but now I am more motivated. Maybe sometime next month I can try it out!)

God

Q: Hi Karly! I'm a huge fan of your music. your storytelling is engaging and beautiful, and it seems like you have a deep awareness of and appreciation for your surroundings (maybe even or especially when the surroundings are rough). I know you've talked about religion and god in your songs ("daughter of god," etc.), and you've mentioned on this webspace that you are jewish. I grew up catholic and am now 27 and have been going through what I've been calling my god-curious phase, though mostly I know it's probably not a phase and will be a forever state of being. you've mentioned Flannery O'Connor on here too, and she's someone I've been revisiting because she was outspoken about believing in god and reading religious existentialists.

i'm wondering, are you god-curious? and if so, have you always been or are you newly so?

I really appreciate you as a writer and artist, thanks for being here <3 and for writing this blog!!!

A: okay first off, incredible question! I love the concept of god-curious.

I don’t think I’ve ever been god-curious truly… it was just never really brought up as a thing to actually believe in when I was growing up. It more just floated around as this amorphous character that showed up in the stories of Judaism. We never discussed God in my house or during holidays… or maybe if we did I was just zoned out.

I think it’s really fascinating to think about what the idea of God motivates people to do though, and I think that’s why it ends up being discussed in so many Wednesday songs. I think people that have a strong belief in God can genuinely be pointed in such a beautiful direction, and have very beautiful intentions. I am jealous of those people and their calm, and their ability to trust something so fully sometimes.

Although I don’t have an explicit commitment to Jewish/Christian/whatever God, I do have a HUGE capacity for belief. There is a place in my heart really desperate for an explanation for the pain and sadnesses of the world. I think my belief the idea of “Fate” has really taken up that space for me instead of a religious entity. Fate in turn has shown up in a bunch of songs as well. It’s a much unsteadier ground to stand on compared to organized religion though… and doesn’t provide the community aspect obviously.

I think some people fill that space with astrology or idk… other philosophies? There are so many options for that now. I think whatever gives ya comfort and makes you strive to be a better person is cool.

Hope you find what you’re looking for!

Art iz kewl

Q:Hi Karly! Hope you're doing well and everything. I've been in a grad program lately that's allowed me to really embrace creative work through my jobs. It's been really cool to be able to experiment and output stuff more in my personal (I actually made something Wednesday themed that I might send over one day) and work life. The one problem is its become too cool and its all I can think about even over my homework. I came here to learn how to do one, highly-technical thing and now can't fathom a future where I'm not creating. My question to you is how did you know that this was the path for you and that you should lean into your art?

A: Your situation sounds very different than anything I have experienced so I’m not sure I have much advice to give….

But I can say in my situation that i have prioritized my art over everything… school, career, social life. It was the only thing I wanted to do and luckily eventually it was my career and became the foundation of much of my current social life (although I still prioritize making shit over seeing people lol)

I have other advise kinda in this vein in the productivity tag on this page if you wanna check it out. Just click “productivity” on the bottom of this post.