{"id":1894,"date":"2023-04-11T18:31:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T18:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/?p=1894"},"modified":"2023-04-11T18:32:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T18:32:10","slug":"rat-saw-god-by-wednesday-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/?p=1894","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRat Saw God\u201d by Wednesday Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Rat Saw God, <\/em>the awaited sophomore album by Asheville, North Carolina band, Wednesday, has finally been released. Their new era began when they released their first single, \u201cBull Believer,\u201d back in
September of last year. That song offers jarring and calming vocals from lead singer Karly
Hartzman. It was such a good lead for this new album. After listening to the other singles they
released since then, like \u201cTV In the Gas Pump,\u201d \u201cChosen to Deserve,\u201d and \u201cBath County,\u201d I
knew this album was going to be really good. I\u2019ve been counting down the days until this release.
I know country music gets a lot of crap since it\u2019s deemed as the \u201cworst genre\u201d but I have to
disagree with that statement, especially since Wednesday does an incredible job at creating a
country-folk-alternative sound on this new album. Hartzman\u2019s upbringing in the South can be
seen as a big influence in this album. As a southern girl myself, I appreciate good
alternative\/indie\/folk adjacent music made by musicians from the South.
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This album\u2019s themes are about the past, reflecting on trauma, anger, and growing up. The lyrics
are so raw and honest. Hartzman is probably one of the best lead singers of a band I\u2019ve come
across in a hot minute. She has a slight country twang to her singing, which adds flare to the
band\u2019s sound on top of their unique instrumentation. Her speech and way of singing just
scratches something in my brain, I can\u2019t explain it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I absolutely love her screaming on \u201cBull Believer.\u201d If you’ve never heard any of Wednesday\u2019s
music, that single should be the first one you listen to just because it encapsulates Hartzman\u2019s
anger and lyricism in a seven-minute run. I love screaming along to the lyrics: \u201cFinish him\u201d since
she repeats that over and over at the end of the song. It is a therapeutic experience, to say the
least.
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My favorite songs are \u201cBath County,\u201d \u201cWhat\u2019s So Funny,\u201d \u201cFormula One,\u201d and \u201cQuarry.\u201d It\u2019s
tough to pinpoint which ones I like the most since each individual song captures different
emotions and topics. I really like the sound that Wednesday created with this album. It blends
many genres together and Hartzman\u2019s vocals are a part of those different genres. The album is
cohesive with its different sounds but each song offers something different. This album deserves a
9\/10. My favorite lyric (and one that I would totally love to get tattooed on me one day) is:
\u201cNothing will ever be as vivid as the darkest time of my life.\u201d Just wow.
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So far, this album release has been the best of 2023. Everyone needs to give Rat Saw God a
listen! You will not regret it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rat Saw God, the awaited sophomore album by Asheville, North Carolina band, Wednesday, has finally been released. Their new era began when they released their first single, \u201cBull Believer,\u201d back … Read more\u201cRat Saw God\u201d by Wednesday Album Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":1897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1896,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1894\/revisions\/1896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmcn.fm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}