This raw, exposed narrative terrain is aided by a shift in sonic arrangements as well. From a moment of reckoning in Barcelona to a tourist trap in Tennessee to a painful confrontation on Arkadelphia Road, from a nostalgic jaunt down 7th Street in New York City to the Mississippi Gulf, Crutchfield creates a sense of place for her soul-baring tales, a longtime staple of her storytelling. Written immediately in the period following her decision to get sober, Saint Cloud is an unflinching self-examination. If I can accept that I only have a partial view of the universe and that I can't know everything or control much of anything, then I can breathe a little easier, take better care of myself, and be closer to my own truth." If I can love myself unconditionally, then I can move through the world a little easier. It's meant to be a bit of a personal pep talk. It's about the internal dialogue of shame surrounding mistakes you've made in the past and how we spiral and beat ourselves up when we slip. Of the song, Crutchfield says, "The idea and melody for 'Fire' were dreamt up while driving over the Mississippi River from Memphis into West Memphis, AR, the sun reflecting off the water which literally made West Memphis glow. Saint Cloud is available for pre-order on CD, standard LP in a single jacket, and coke bottle-clear Peak Vinyl housed in a gatefold jacket (both vinyl editions include a large full-color poster) in the Merge store, or wherever records are sold. Along with today's exciting news come spring tour dates and a music video for lead song " Fire," giving fans an early preview of what they can expect on this groundbreaking record. Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) has announced her new album, Saint Cloud, to be released on March 27 via Merge Records. Pre-order it here.4/14 - Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer *Ĥ/17 - Providence, RI Columbus Theatre *Ĥ/24 - Saxapahaw, NC Haw River Ballroom *Ĥ/29 - Baton Rouge, LA Mid City Ballroom *ĥ/7 - Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriet's +ĥ/8 - Los Angeles, CA First Congregational Church of LA +ĥ/9 - San Francisco, CA The Castro Theatreĥ/10 - Sonoma, CA Gundlach Bundschu Winery +ĥ/14 - Vancouver, BC Christ Church Cathedral +ĥ/15 - Seattle, WA The Neptune Theatre +ĥ/20 - Maquoketa, IA Codfish Hollow Barnĥ/21 - Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe * Saint Cloud is out 3/27 via Merge Records. If I can accept that I only have a partial view of the universe, and that I can’t know everything or control much of anything, then I can breathe a little easier, take better care of myself, and be closer to my own truth.ĥ/07 Pioneertown, CA Pappy and Harriet’s +ĥ/08 Los Angeles, CA First Congregational Church of LA +ĥ/09 San Francisco, CA The Castro Theatreĥ/10 Sonoma, CA Gundlach Bundschu Winery +ĥ/14 Vancouver, BC Christ Church Cathedral +ĥ/21 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe * It’s meant to be a bit of a personal pep talk. It’s about the internal dialogue of shame surrounding mistakes you’ve made in the past and how we spiral and beat ourselves up when we slip. The idea and melody for ‘Fire’ was dreamt up while driving over the Mississippi River from Memphis into West Memphis, AR, sun reflecting off the water which literally made West Memphis glow. “For some of us, it ain’t enough.”Ĭrutchfield returns to that physical border in the video for “Fire.” Here’s her statement about the song: “If I could love you unconditionally, I– / Could iron out the edges of the darkest sky,” she sings. It’s groovy and intricately layered and warm, unlike anything Crutchfield has put out with this project before. Its lead single, “Fire,” is about straddling between borders - physically, the border between Tennessee and Arkansas (as Crutchfield explains below) but also emotionally. Crutchfield recorded Saint Cloud at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX, and Long Pond in Stuyvesant, NY, and it was produced by Brad Cook. Naturally, Saint Cloud is a potent examination of the behavior that springs from addiction and what it can feel like to be truly in tune with yourself. It’s called Saint Cloud, and Crutchfield wrote the songs after committing to getting sober. She revisited some older songs for 2018’s lovely Great Thunder EP, and in March, Waxahatchee will release their fifth full-length album. With 2017’s Out In The Storm, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield topped herself yet again with a roaring collection of songs worthy of one of the best projects to come out of the last decade.
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