If 2023 has been anything, it’s been the year of Wednesday. In April, the Asheville, North Carolina quintet released Rat Saw God to widespread critical reverence—and for good reason, the album is a masterpiece with no skips. Now, they’re closing the book on this chapter of their journey with Rat Bastards of Haw Creel, an intimate look into the life that Karly Hartzman, Jake “MJ” Lenderman, Alan Miller, Ethan Baechtold and Xandy Chelmis have made together in sound and on stage.