Bleed Out is all pent-up energy and explosion, executed by a bunch of friends who were mainly happy to be in a room together making loud noises. In January 2021, just weeks after Darnielle had started writing, his bandmates Peter Hughes, Matt Douglas, and Jon Wurster joined him at a studio in the woods near his home in Chapel Hill. Everything was finished inside a week. Training Montage, Mark on You, Wage Wars Get Rich, Die Handsome, Extraction Point, Bones Don't Rust, First Blood, Make You Suffer, Guys on Every Corner, Hostages, Need More Bandages, Incandescent Ruins, Bleed Out
