Bands shouldn't be judged by their influences. That said, when Wednesday stepped into the arena of indie rock prestige following a promising debut LP with a covers album that named checked cult artists (Medicine, Chris Bell), Southern local heroes (Vic Chestnutt, Drive-by Truckers), and sensitive alt-rockers alike (Smashing Pumpkins), they gleefully expressed their reverence like the precocious musicians they are. Instead, they were on to something bigger: The Asheville, North Carolina five-piece was teasing what essentially became the sonic makeup of their multifaceted second effort, Raw Saw God.