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9.0
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9.0 |
Loud And Quiet
Now signed to Dead Oceans (home of Phoebe Bridgers and Mitski) Wednesday are well placed to reap the benefits of such a rich and riveting set. God willing, they will
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9.0
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9.0 |
PopMatters
On Wednesday’s spectacular Rat Saw God, the North Carolina quintet weave a vivid tapestry of misery led by Karly Hartzman’s ekphrastic storytelling
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9.0
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9.0 |
Uncut
The world they create together never curdles into sentimentality. Wednesday turn that stabbing pain into triumphant rock'n'roll
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9.0
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9.0 |
Slant Magazine
The album cycles through an eclectic range of influences, from grunge to shoegaze to country-style balladry
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9.0
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9.0 |
Clash
Finding magic in the mire ‘Rat Saw God’ is an emphatic, uplifting reminder of the privilege of being alive
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8.8
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8.8 |
Pitchfork
Wednesday’s noisy, rangy sound finds a home in the quiet, lonely corners of America. Their outstanding new album is why they’re one of the best indie rock bands around
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8.7
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8.7 |
Beats Per Minute
No matter what Wednesday are singing about, it all has vividness like no other
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8.3
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8.3 |
Paste Magazine
The Asheville-based quintet’s latest album blends blue-grass and shoegaze to create a set of visceral vignettes
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8.1
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8.1 |
Northern Transmissions
«Rat Saw God» is able to scare you, deceive you with a thousand of its looks, but besides, understanding that it all was hidden in these 37 minutes – such control of your emotions impresses and you succumb to it more
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8.0
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8.0 |
God Is In The TV
Being a band as good as Wednesday is something to aspire to. This LP has been described as the rock album of the year so far, but it’s more than a rock record, it has more depth and textures and aural Easter Eggs. It might look like trouble, but it tastes like chocolate if you want it
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
At 25, Hartzman’s old enough to romanticize her youth but world-weary enough not to try recapturing it. The space between the two – reckless childhood and cynical maturity – is where Wednesday resides, but they manage to find beauty in it all
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rolling Stone
The North Carolina band thrives on a huge guitar sound and the great songwriting of Karly Hartzman
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8.0
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8.0 |
No Ripcord
It's a testament to Hartzman's nuanced lyrical bent, whose articulate observations are intriguing and even funny rather than affected
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8.0
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8.0 |
Under The Radar
Dropping some of the artsier passages of the preceding Twin Plagues, its follow-up finds the band with any vestiges of varnish sanded away in favor of a more direct assault on the senses—both auditory and in Hartzman’s sometimes painful backwoods’ imagery
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8.0
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8.0 |
Exclaim
Rat Saw God is wildly ambitious and easily lives up to the industry hype — Wednesday have succeeded once again in twisting nostalgia and existential dread into a braid of bruising, life-affirming rock music
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7.9
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7.9 |
Spectrum Culture
Wednesday’s appreciation of southern rock and alt-country and proximity to small-town life is what makes their sound unique in this indie rock landscape
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7.0
133542
7.0 |
DIY
While some of the stylistic variation here can feel disjointed at times, there’s plenty on offer to suggest a band on the rise
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