![]() 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 * 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. 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. When Waxahatchee released her stunning album Saint Cloud in late March of 2020, there was no way of knowing she would have to put her tour on hold indefinitely. Along the way, Waxahatchee plays Los Angeles (September 24 at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles), Tucson (September 27 at Club Congress), New York City (October 11 at Webster Hall). In the audience, new couples held hands and parents danced with their children. ![]() The flora seeming to grow up the band’s equipment and the cautious optimism of Crutchfield’s lyrics only served to highlight the signs of life elsewhere inside the National. ![]() “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: Waxahatchee’s whole performance on February 7 was about growth. “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. Of the song, Crutchfield says: Lilacs was the last song I wrote for the record, and it’s mostly just about obsessive/negative thought patterns. If I could love you unconditionally, I could iron out the edges of the darkest sky’ while the sound veers somewhere between intelligent alt-pop a la Hop Along to quirky Americana in the vein of Vampire Weekend’s newest material.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. Posted 2/16/20 Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) has shared Lilacs, the latest single and video from her highly anticipated new album, Saint Cloud, out March 27 worldwide. ![]() Opening with more of a fractured, atmospheric and far-reaching synth-led sonic sound then before, the song finds Katie demanding ‘Give me something’ (and later admitting ‘it ain’t enough’ before opening her heart about how difficult she finds it to get away from thoughts of past action: ‘I take it for granted. Waxahatchee has returned with new single ‘Fire’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Saint Cloud’ on 27 March via Merge Records.ĭreamt up while driving over the Mississippi River from Memphis into West Memphis, AR, Katie Crutchfield describes the song as ‘written by me, to myself’ and how ‘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.’ ![]()
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