Wednesday premiere a feature video for Rat Bastards of Haw Creek, a documentary directed by Zach Romeo showcasing their quiet, rural lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina and how that existence stands in contrast with the raucous, kinetic energy of their captivating live shows and the rapid pace of their newfound success.
Wednesday’s breakthrough album “Rat Saw God” was released earlier this year to unanimous critical praise. It has been named one of the best albums of the year so far by Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Vulture, SPIN, Stereogum, Paste, Consequence, Nylon, The AV Club and Brooklyn Vegan among others, making it one of the best reviewed albums of the year so far.
Across the album’s ten tracks the band builds a shrine to minutiae. Half-funny, half-tragic dispatches from North Carolina unfurling somewhere between the wailing skuzz of Nineties shoegaze and classic country twang, with distorted pedal steel and Karly Hartzman’s voice and observational lyrics slicing through the din.
The Fat Angel Sings 