Rat Saw God

Alex Farrar produced, mixed and engineered, and Huntley Miller mastered. The studio time came as a favor before the Dead Oceans deal; unlike Twin Plagues the songs could not be played live first, there was heavy overdubbing, and Hartzman usually wrote lyrics and guitar parts in the studio. Margo Schultz played bass and painted the cover, and the credits go to Hartzman, Schultz, Lenderman, Richard Miller and Alexander Reuben. Singles were "Bull Believer", "Chosen to Deserve" (January 18, 2023), "Bath County" and "TV in the Gas Pump". Hartzman told DIY it is her retelling stories she has always wanted to share.

Metacritic scored it 89 from 16 reviews. Pitchfork's Sam Sodomsky gave it 8.8 and AllMusic's Mark Deming called it a stunningly powerful work. It was number 1 for Paste and Stereogum, 2 for Consequence and the Line of Best Fit, 4 for Pitchfork and 27 for Rolling Stone among 2023 albums.