Lo-fi indie rocker and singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield aka Waxahatchee has announced a brand new album titled Ivy Tripp due out April 7 via Wichita Recordings. The title describes the”directionless-ness” people between their 20s-40s face when feeling separated from their parents. “I have thought of it like this: Cerulean Salt is a solid and Ivy Tripp is a gas,” Crutchfield added. “A running theme [of Ivy Tripp] is steadying yourself on shaky ground and reminding yourself that you have control in situations that seem overwhelming, or just being cognizant in moments of deep confusion or sadness, and learning to really feel emotions and to grow from that.”
The first single, “Air”, is up for streaming today. It sees her using muted guitar and soft drumming to support lofty, downtrodden lyrics. Give it a spin below.
As per usual, with new music comes new live shows. Waxahatchee will be touring through Europe and North America extensively, including a stop in Boston to play The Sinclair on May 13 with Girlpool. Given how good she sounded last time she was here, this is a show not to be missed.
Check out “Air” and her full list of tour dates below:
Waxahatchee tour
01-26 London, England – St. Pancras Church
01-28 Paris, France – L’espace B
01-31 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
02-01 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
02-04 Berlin, Germany – Monarch
04-07 Washington, DC – The Black Cat ^
04-08 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer ^%
04-09 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg ^%
04-10 Harrisonburg, VA – Clementine ^
04-11 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Backroom ^
04-12 Asheville, NC – The Mothlight ^
04-13 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn ^
04-15 Birmingham, AL – The Bottletree ^
04-16 Gainesville, FL – The Wooly ^
04-17 Tallahassee, FL – Club Down Under ^
04-18 Pensacola, FL – Vinyl Music Hall ^
04-19 New Orleans, LA – Gasa Gasa ^
04-20 Houston, TX – Walters Downtown ^
04-21 Austin, TX – Red 7 ^
04-22 Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves ^
04-24 Albuquerque, NM – Sister %
04-25 Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar %
04-26 San Diego, CA – The Casbah %
04-28 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy %
04-29 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall %
05-01 Portland, OR – Doug Fir %
05-03 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile %
05-06 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club %
05-07 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle %
05-08 Chicago, IL – The Beat Kitchen %
05-09 Detroit, MI – UFO %
05-10 Toronto, Ontario – The Garrison %
05-11 Montreal, Quebec – Bar Le Ritz PDB %
05-12 Burlington, VT – The Monkey House %
05-13 Boston, MA – The Sinclair %
05-14 East Greenwich, RI – Greenwich Odeum %
The Goodbye Party ^
Girlpool %