WAXAHATCHEE ANNOUNCES CERULEAN SALT DUE MARCH 5TH
HEAR THE SINGLE, "PEACE & QUIET"
TOURING THE EAST COAST & SXSW
photo by ryan russell
Katie Crutchfield better known as Waxahatchee, is pleased to announce her follow-up to last years compelling hyper-personal album American Weekend. The new album, Cerulean Salt, out March 5th via Don Giovanni, is a collection of guitar pop, written & recorded in a week at her family’s Birmingham home.
On her new album, Crutchfield's songs continue to be marked by her sharp, hooky songwriting; her striking voice and lyrics that simultaneously seem hyper-personal yet relentlessly relatable, teetering between endearingly nostalgic and depressingly dark. But whereas before the thematic focus of her songs was on break ups and passive-aggressive crushing, Cerulean Salt reflects on her family and Alabama upbringing. The new album has Crutchfield working with a full band & is turned up closer to 11.
At times, Cerulean Salt creeps closer to the sound of PS Eliot: moody, 90s-inspired rock backed by Keith Spencer and Swearin' guitarist Kyle Gilbridge on drums and bass. The full band means fleshed-out fuzzy lead guitars on "Coast to Coast", its poppy hook almost masking its dark lyrics. Big distorted guitars and deep steady drums mark songs like "Misery Over Dispute" and "Waiting".
At times, Cerulean Salt creeps closer to the sound of PS Eliot: moody, 90s-inspired rock backed by Keith Spencer and Swearin' guitarist Kyle Gilbridge on drums and bass. The full band means fleshed-out fuzzy lead guitars on "Coast to Coast", its poppy hook almost masking its dark lyrics. Big distorted guitars and deep steady drums mark songs like "Misery Over Dispute" and "Waiting".
There's still plenty of introspection and minimalism to be found on the record, though. "Blue Pt. II" is stripped down, Crutchfield and her sister Alison (Swearin') singing in harmony with deadpan vox. She's still an open booking, musing on self-doubt versus self-reliance, transience versus permanence. "Peace and Quiet" ebbs and flows from moody, minimal verses to a sing-song chorus. "Swan Dive" tackles nostalgia, transience, indifference, regret -- over the a minimal strum of an electric-guitar, the picking at a chirpy riff and the double-time tapping of a muted drum. The album closes with a haunting acoustic-guitar reflection on "You're Damaged," possibly the best Waxahatchee song to date.
LISTEN: "PEACE & QUIET"
READ: RISING WAXAHATCHEE
TOUR
1/29 Poughkeepsie, NY - Vassar College
1/30 Wilkes-Barre, PA - Crimson Lion Hookah Lounge
1/31 Ithaca, NY - Cornell University
2/1 Cohoes, NY - The Icehouse (house)
2/2 Burlington, VT - Wristwrens (house)
2/3 Newmarket, NH - Fuckingham Palace (house)
2/4 Cambridge, MA - All Asia
2/5 Easthampton, MA - The Flywheel
2/6 New Haven, CT - PAC
2/7 New Paltz, NY - Mosh Depot (house)
2/8 New York, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
2/9 Providence, RI - Squidamps
2/16 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase
3/12 - 3/17 Austin, TX - SXSW
WAXAHATCHEE
CERULEAN SALT
(DON GIOVANNI RECORDS)
MARCH 5th, 2013
1. Hollow Bedroom
2. Dixie Cups & Jars
3. Lips and Limbs
4. Blue Pt. II
5. Brother Bryan
6. Coast to Coast
7. Tangled Envisioning
8. Misery Over Dispute
9. Lively
10. Waiting
11. Swan Dive
12. Peace and Quiet
13. You're Damanged
2. Dixie Cups & Jars
3. Lips and Limbs
4. Blue Pt. II
5. Brother Bryan
6. Coast to Coast
7. Tangled Envisioning
8. Misery Over Dispute
9. Lively
10. Waiting
11. Swan Dive
12. Peace and Quiet
13. You're Damanged
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