Waxahatchee Saint Cloud (Vinyl)

What do we hold on to from our past? What must we let go of to truly move forward?WaxahatcheesKatie Crutchfield spent much of 2018 reckoning with these questions and revisiting her roots for answers. The result isSaint Cloud, an intimate journey through the places shes been, filled with the people shes loved.

Written immediately in the period following her decision to get sober, the album is an unflinching self-examination. This raw, exposed narrative terrain is aided by a shift in sonic arrangements as well. While her last two records featured the kind of big guitars, well-honed noise, and battering sounds that characterisedher Philadelphia scene and strongly influenced a burgeoning new class of singer-songwriters,Saint Cloud strips back those layers to create space for Crutchfields voice and lyrics. The result is a classic Americana sound with modern touches befitting an artist who has emerged as one of the signature storytellers of her time.

Over the course ofSaint Cloud, which was recorded the summer of 2019 and produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver), Crutchfield peels back the distortion of electric guitars to create a wider sonic palette than on any previousWaxahatcheealbum. It is a record filled with nods to classiccountry, folk-inspired tones, and distinctly modern touches. To bolsterher vision, Crutchfield enlisted Bobby Colombo and Bill Lennox, both of the Detroit bandBonny Doon, to serve as backing band on the record, along with Josh Kaufman (Hiss Golden Messenger,Bon Iver) on guitar and keyboards and Nick Kinsey (Kevin Morby) on drums and percussion.

TRACKLIST

1. Oxbow
2. Cant Do Much
3. Fire
4. Lilacs
5. The Eye
6. Hell
7. Witches
8. War
9. Arkadelphia
10. Ruby Falls
11. St. Cloud