![]() Ashley Connor) below and be sure to check out Waxahatchee’s extensive North American tour dates further down. You can watch the video for “Lilacs” (dir. Waxahatchee will tour in support of Saint Cloud this spring, kicking off at Detroit’s Jam Handy on April 10th. “I wanted it to feel like the light at the end of the tunnel, and the reminder that it can always and often does get better.” “The chorus serves as a sweet little resolve,” she adds. It’s meant to capture that moment of heat that happens right when you realize you’re wrong or that your issue is more with yourself than with someone else-being flawed and fragile but making progress inch by inch. I think that when people are in that mindset they can really try to turn the blame onto other people, so the song sort of plays out like a conflict you’d have with someone you love. It’s about backsliding into old behaviors that don’t serve you and sort of letting your worst self get the best of you. “Lilacs” was the last song i wrote for the record and it’s mostly just about obsessive/negative thought patterns. “Lilacs” in particular conveys a grappling to come to terms with not being loved well enough, either by a significant other or oneself: “If I’m a broken record write it in the dust, babe / I’ll fill myself back up like I used to do / And if my bones are made of delicate sugar / I won’t end up anywhere good without you / I need your love too.”Ĭrutchfield says of the song in a statement: The album was written in the wake of Crutchfield deciding to get sober, which makes the album a self-examination-and even a letter of self-love and encouragement at times. The album embraces an Americana aesthetic, even leaning into country twang and pared-down instrumentals in order to let Crutchfield’s voice shine. Saint Cloud is set to hit shelves on March 27, and the single “Fire” from the record was shared earlier this year. Read our 2017 The End interview with Waxahatchee where she answered our questions about endings and death.Waxahatchee, the music project of songwriter Katie Crutchfield, shares the single “Lilacs” ahead of her much-anticipated fifth studio album Saint Cloud, along with a music video featuring dancer Marlee Grace grooving in what seems to be a vacant brick building. “It feels a little more calm and less reckless.” “I think all of my records are turbulent and emotional, but this one feels like it has a little dose of enlightenment,” Crutchfield said in a previous press release announcing the album. Saint Cloud was written right after Crutchfield decided to get sober. The album also features Josh Kaufman (Hiss Golden Messenger, Bonny Light Horseman) on guitar and keyboards and Nick Kinsey (Kevin Morby, Elvis Perkins) on drums and percussion. My love of bands from Philadelphia also continued thanks to Beach Slangs debut The Things. Crutchfield’s backing band on the album was Bobby Colombo and Bill Lennox of the Detroit-based band Bonny Doon and that band will also be backing her on her 2020 tour dates. Elsewhere the likes of Lucero, Jason Isbell, and Ben Folds produced albums that matched their finest work. Brad Cook produced Saint Cloud, which was recorded in the summer of 2019 at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, TX, and Long Pond in Stuyvesant, NY. Saint Cloud is the follow-up to 2017’s Out in the Storm (which was our Album of the Week). I wanted it to feel like the light at the end of the tunnel and the reminder that it can always and often does get better.”Ĭrutchfield previously shared Saint Cloud‘s first single, “Fire,” via a video for the track. The chorus serves as a sweet little resolve. It’s meant to capture that moment of heat that happens right when you realize you’re wrong or that your issue is more with yourself than with someone else - being flawed and fragile but making progress inch by inch. The name of her solo musical project Waxahatchee comes from a creek not far from her childhood home in. Watch it below, followed by Waxahatchee’s upcoming tour dates.Ĭrutchfield had this to say about “Lilacs” in a press release: “‘Lilacs’ was the last song I wrote for the record and it’s mostly just about obsessive/negative thought patterns. Katie Crutchfields southern roots are undeniable. Ashley Connor directed the clip, which solely features dancer Marlee Grace dancing to the song in an empty warehouse/performance space. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Lilacs,” via a video for the track. Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) is releasing a new album, Saint Cloud, on March 27 via Merge.
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