it's making me want to listen to the Spinanes so that's good I think
― dmr, Friday, 13 September 2013 19:33 (ten years ago) link
I like it but something's keeping me from really liking it. I don't know. Maybe it's that Tanya Donelly, Kristin Hersh, Juliana Hatfield et al all have new music that's getting maybe 1/10 the attention
― katherine, Friday, 13 September 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, just checked out American Weekend yesterday and that one gives me a slightly different vibe. YThe k records link seems aapt. liked that one too, but didn't quite hit the spot like the new one did. But will listen more.
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― Mule, Saturday, 14 September 2013 08:51 (ten years ago) link
y'all owe it to yourselves to check out p.s. eliot
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Saturday, 14 September 2013 14:55 (ten years ago) link
Finally checked out P.S.Eliot. Great stuff!
― Mule, Saturday, 27 September 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2015/01/12/376758282/waxahatchee-air
― Mordy, Monday, 12 January 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
Sounds like the new record might be a little different from the previous two. But I've liked everything she's done so far. Have also noticed that I've liked a lot of stuff coming out of/through Philadelphia recently...though I guess both Crutchfields have since moved to New York.
― ...J, Tuesday, 13 January 2015 21:13 (nine years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17337-waxahatchee-under-a-rock/
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Friday, 20 February 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
New album streaming on NPR for some regions (not mine):
http://www.npr.org/2015/03/29/395096850/first-listen-waxahatchee-ivy-tripp
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Monday, 30 March 2015 12:26 (nine years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/06/first-person-singular
― That shit right there is precedented. (cryptosicko), Friday, 10 April 2015 04:12 (nine years ago) link
really like the new one, it's giving me some major 90s indie nostalgia
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 03:10 (nine years ago) link
Great article. Love the new album. I don't see it as being as good as Cerulean Salt, but it does seem like a grower, so maybe it will get there for me in time.
― Fatalist AmandaPalmistry (irrational), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 17:33 (nine years ago) link
wait i might like this one better than cerulean salt!
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 18:10 (nine years ago) link
the sound of it is... more open? idk if that makes sense. sonically it reminds me of the p.s. eliot records
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 18:11 (nine years ago) link
This album is often a stone bore and I'm trying to figure out if it's her melodic sense or if the songs suffer from malnourishment.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
wait i made that claim before i got to the second half which gets very... flimsy.
gonna listen to p.s. eliot
― insufficiently familiar with xgau's work to comment intelligently (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
better off listening to T.S. Eliot imo
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
it feels like an album of demos that never got fleshed out
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 15 April 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
idk I love this album
― courtney barnett formula (seandalai), Thursday, 23 April 2015 23:56 (nine years ago) link
agree with cad but sounding like demos isn't really a negative for me in this case. i used to be a die-hard gbv fan so i've already bought into the 'just throw down a verse and a chorus or 2 and then move on' approach to songwriting
― ciderpress, Friday, 24 April 2015 02:50 (nine years ago) link
There's this annoying thing she does that sounds like she's unnecessarily pausing for breath in the middle of a phrase, kinda kills the song when it happens, her vocal lines sound ponderous more often than not.
― Matt DC, Friday, 24 April 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
The p4k review of the p.s. Eliot reissue brought me back to that first p.s. Eliot album for the first time in awhile, goddamn this is great stuff. This record is basically what I wish pop punk sounded like. It's so loose but stuffed with hooks.
― carly reagan jepsen (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 8 September 2016 06:05 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edl7918vuDU
― Treeship, Monday, 5 December 2016 12:39 (seven years ago) link
old song. just, you know, good.
― Treeship, Monday, 5 December 2016 12:40 (seven years ago) link
I've liked her in the past, but her records always end up being kind of ephemeral for me. This sounds a lot brighter, bigger and poppier than her older stuff, though, and I think its pretty great:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBpMXuzHR3I
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Friday, 21 April 2017 17:28 (seven years ago) link
yeah this is great
― Carlotta's Portrait (Ross), Friday, 21 April 2017 18:25 (seven years ago) link
her sister's new album is really good - I've seen reviews talking about the use of synths etc but to me it sounds like a throwback indie singer-songwriter album
― boxedjoy, Friday, 21 April 2017 22:05 (seven years ago) link
that ep of early recordings from last year is incredible
― Treeship, Saturday, 13 May 2017 16:55 (seven years ago) link
I've been listening to all three of her albums recently. Much better than I think people realize.
― Treeship, Saturday, 13 May 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
Like, ivy tripp holds up after a quadrillion replays.
― Treeship, Saturday, 13 May 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
ya, i'm stoked abt the new album too
― he not like the banana (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 13 May 2017 17:15 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDaccHBAGcM
New single out and it totally rules
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 04:38 (seven years ago) link
awesome
― niels, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 17:52 (seven years ago) link
This new one is streaming on NPR first listen and on my first listen it is their best record, or at least the best since the P.S. Eliot Sadie record which was just dynamite.
― kornrulez6969, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 15:05 (six years ago) link
This is great ^ thanks
― Unchanging Window (Ross), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link
ditto - love this. on my third listen.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:37 (six years ago) link
this is really good, and i wasn't prior a Waxahatchee fan
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
Love it. A step up from the last record for sure.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 14:41 (six years ago) link
was never a huge fan before, but this new one shook me to my core
― austinb, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
"no question" rules
― reggie (qualmsley), Monday, 17 July 2017 19:51 (six years ago) link
As does "Hear You"
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Tuesday, 18 July 2017 05:05 (six years ago) link
The single is terrific but the album as a whole is just so rote and straight down the line. I give every album a dutiful listen because there's the kernel of something great in there but she's really hampered by a lack of musical imagination.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 18 July 2017 07:13 (six years ago) link
I just interviewed her and she was a goddamn delight. I always worry about talking to artists I have a really string connection to that maybe it'll hurt the connection somehow, but she was so thoughtful and pleasant.
Also Great Thunder is nice little EP
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 21 January 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
that's awesome! look forward to reading the interview when it's published.
― Trϵϵship, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 00:01 (five years ago) link
the opening line to sparks fly can sometimes, by itself, make me tear up. "i take it back i was never alone." idk if i've shared this on ilx before
― Trϵϵship, Tuesday, 22 January 2019 00:02 (five years ago) link
I love every Waxahatchee album but this one's pretty immediately my favorite.
― geoffreyess, Friday, 27 March 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link
listened twice, haven't really absorbed the lyrics but feels like it's her sturdiest songwriting for sure, just some absolutely marvelous, effortless-sounding tunes.
particularly pleased with the fact that the song with the Fleetwood Mac-ish opening riff is called "Witches."
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:24 (four years ago) link
I think Cerulean Salt will remain my fave, but this is a great album
― Mule, Saturday, 28 March 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
Really feeling this album. More polished but in a good way
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 30 March 2020 21:42 (four years ago) link
will listen tonight while making pizza. i love waxahatchee so much.
― treeship., Monday, 30 March 2020 21:44 (four years ago) link
I thought she was hella boring for years. Then Saint Cloud impressed me. At Pitchfork she made me hear how many of those songs are variations on "Sweet Jane" chords to my ears.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 15 October 2021 01:28 (two years ago) link
I fiercely love every one of her albums. St Cloud is the least melancholy. There is hard won hope in it.
― treeship., Friday, 15 October 2021 01:31 (two years ago) link
New album coming under the name Plains, a duo with Jess Williamson. First song is great.
https://www.stereogum.com/2194397/plains-katie-crutchfield-jess-williamson-problem-with-it/music/amp/
I’m not familiar with Williamson, so giving her most recent solo album a spin.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:06 (one year ago) link
that's a great little song, thanks for the heads up
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 28 July 2022 08:04 (one year ago) link
My fanboy love for Waxahatchee coupled with my unfamiliarity with Jess Williamson is making it hard to get into the new Plains album. The non-Waxahatchee songs are fine but I have an urge to hit the skip button each time. I know I’m being unfair but I haven’t gotten over that feeling yet
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 15 October 2022 14:36 (one year ago) link
Yeah. Same.
― Allen (etaeoe), Saturday, 15 October 2022 15:04 (one year ago) link
«Swan Dive» still kills me on the reg
― Mule, Monday, 24 October 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
Yay she's back! I was immune to the Jess Williamson and Plains stuff, and honestly to Waxa pre-Saint Cloud, but Saint Cloud is one of my favourite records of the decade.
Excited to hear this new one - the instrumentation's a bit formulaic, but love the sound of her and MJ Lenderman's voices on the first single
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL3iHhERWJw
― sean gramophone, Tuesday, 9 January 2024 15:55 (five months ago) link
YesssssssSt. Cloud is my favorite album of the decade so far. Four years later I’m still not tired of it. New one sounds great.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 9 January 2024 16:19 (five months ago) link
St. Cloud rules. This is good, too.
― Indexed, Tuesday, 9 January 2024 16:30 (five months ago) link
Her Substack is emailed to me, which is weird--I never signed up for anything. I bought something from Bandcamp once, maybe they take your e-mail from there and just send it to you.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 9 January 2024 16:50 (five months ago) link
As Josh In Chicago indicated upthread, the Deluxe Saint Cloud is great, and my gateway, and Plains was worth the few replays it took me to get it (now I get Plains lyrics/stance-wise better than some of Saint Cloud, despite her song-by-song explanations to Pitchfork, but that's just lyrics, the music was never a problem on either alb) Go MJ!
― dow, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 03:44 (five months ago) link
I got chills from that, she leans into the melody like it's nothing at all
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 03:54 (five months ago) link
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― Indexed, Wednesday, 10 January 2024 17:05 (five months ago) link
lol CD version already sold out
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 10 January 2024 19:14 (five months ago) link
holy shit, that song.
i wonder if Jake sings backing vocals on the whole album?
― alpine static, Friday, 12 January 2024 06:58 (five months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouKDEpytxlw
fantastic
― ivy., Wednesday, 14 February 2024 19:05 (four months ago) link
Just one listen but this is very good -- not as immediate/hooky as Saint Cloud, but a more mature sound, more penetrating lyrics, and may well be a better album....time will tell. Lead singles were my favorite -- "Right Back to It" and "Bored" are stunners -- but the comedown in the last four tracks or so ("Crowbar," "The Wolves") also grabbed me.
― Indexed, Friday, 22 March 2024 14:26 (two months ago) link
I am such a sucker for a good male/female harmony and this record's got a bunch of them
― Indexed, Friday, 22 March 2024 14:27 (two months ago) link
Loving it so far but not ready to compare to St Cloud, which would be unfair. That album was a grower and I expect this one will be too. But first listen, every song is a winner.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 22 March 2024 16:04 (two months ago) link
Kind of annoyed that this is out today, but Anti says they aren't shipping the copy I pre-ordered three months ago until April 5th.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 22 March 2024 17:20 (two months ago) link
huh i had no idea this was on Anti and not Merge! Still need to listen to it
― a (waterface), Friday, 22 March 2024 17:39 (two months ago) link
pgwp otm
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 22 March 2024 17:42 (two months ago) link
more songs from the territory of st. cloud but i'm not complaining bc they're great
― ivy., Friday, 22 March 2024 21:45 (two months ago) link
well of all the great records released yesterday this is the one i can't stop listening to
― ivy., Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:07 (two months ago) link
well, what's it gonna taaaaaaaaaaaaake
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:16 (two months ago) link
The Tigers Blood title track has marvelous lyrics.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 23 March 2024 15:37 (two months ago) link
Her voice has taken a step up from saint cloud. it's really something here.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Monday, 25 March 2024 14:16 (two months ago) link
^^ otm. her singing on "burns out at midnight" and "crimes of the heart" - best in her career
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 28 March 2024 14:41 (two months ago) link
"365" too
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Thursday, 28 March 2024 14:45 (two months ago) link
Crutchfield should cover this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5wPqaUMlkE
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 28 March 2024 15:33 (two months ago) link
Female-fronted country rock is having a moment, huh? Alternative/Indie's got Wednesday, Ratboys, Waxahatchee, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Big Thief. Pop's got Kacey and now even Beyonce. Thrilling time to be a fan.
― Indexed, Friday, 29 March 2024 13:02 (two months ago) link
Plus all the Margos and Maggies and Morgans, etc
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 March 2024 13:24 (two months ago) link
Can't find a reasonable explanation for why this hasn't clicked with me yet
"Right Back to It" is a massive tune, but the rest of the album---I'm still waiting
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 2 May 2024 12:51 (one month ago) link
Damn Wynonna Judd and Lucinda Williams both came out for the encore last night at The Ryman. Judd did "Love is Alive" and Williams did "Abandoned". Videos here:
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/watch-waxahatchee-bring-out-lucinda-williams-wynonna-judd-mj-lenderman-in-nashville/
― Indexed, Thursday, 2 May 2024 18:51 (one month ago) link
xp not "Bored"?
― Indexed, Friday, 3 May 2024 14:24 (one month ago) link
I like 'Bored '!
I like all the songs tbh, it's just not on constant repeat the way Saint Cloud was
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 3 May 2024 18:19 (one month ago) link
looks like she also covered "Side of the Road" recently, I would've died
― willips brighton the quorners (geoffreyess), Sunday, 5 May 2024 13:49 (one month ago) link
saw her for the first time since 2018 and the setlist is now entirely Tigers Blood/Plains/Saint Cloud, was like seeing a whole new (still great) Waxahatchee
― willips brighton the quorners (geoffreyess), Sunday, 5 May 2024 13:50 (one month ago) link
I get Katie Crutchfield's Substack unsolicited for some reason...The heading on today's email was "I know he's crazy but he's the one"--swear to god, I thought it was going to be an RFK Jr. endorsement.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 15 May 2024 20:05 (one month ago) link
yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IEGTlVNDeg
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 5 June 2024 04:45 (one week ago) link