This is a purple-coloured vinyl LP pressing of Rat Saw God by Wednesday. A Wednesday song is like a quilt—a collection of short stories and half-memories, piecing together portraits of the American South. Karly Hartzman, the band's songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, is as much a collector of stories as she is a storyteller, crafting songs with a keen eye for detail and empathy. Rat Saw God, the Asheville quintet’s latest and most compelling record, blends autobiographical insights with an ekphrastic approach, all set against a backdrop of wailing 90s shoegaze and classic country twang. The album’s ten tracks, driven by Hartzman, guitarist MJ Lenderman, bassist Margo Shultz, drummer Alan Miller, and lap/pedal steel player Xandy Chelmis, explore the tragic and funny minutiae of life in North Carolina, with distorted lap steel and Hartzman’s voice cutting through the noise.

Label: Dead Oceans

Release Year: 2023

Track List:

1. Hot Rotten Grass Smell
2. Bull Believer
3. Got Shocked
4. Formula One
5. Chosen To Deserve
6. Bath County
7. Quarry
8. Turkey Vultures
9. What's So Funny
10. TV In The Gas Pump