Waxahatchee

Waxahatchee

Waxahatchee performing in 2012
Background information
Origin Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Genres Indie rock, Indie folk
Years active 2010–Present
Labels Wichita Recordings
Merge Records
Don Giovanni
Plan-It-X Records
Associated acts P.S. Eliot, The Ackleys, Swearin', Bad Banana, King Everything, Great Thunder
Members

Katie Crutchfield b. January 4th, 1989

Touring band members - Katherine Simonetti, Ashley Arnwine, Allison Crutchfield

Waxahatchee is an American indie music project, formed in 2010 by the American singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield. The band is named after Waxahatchee Creek, in Alabama.[1]

History

While a member of P.S. Eliot, a band formed with her twin sister Allison, Crutchfield released her first music as Waxahatchee as a split cassette with Chris Clavin on Plan-It-X Records. Her bedroom-recorded debut album, American Weekend, was released on Don Giovanni Records in 2012.[2][3][4] Crutchfield wrote and recorded the album in one week at her family home in Birmingham, Alabama. Her lyrics focused on personal relationships, devastation and longing.[5]

The album garnered positive reviews and was named a top album of 2012 by Dusted magazine.[6] "Be Good" was a song of the day on National Public Radio,[7] and listed as one of the best 50 songs of 2012.[8] "Catfish" was featured in Welcome to Night Vale.

A second album, Cerulean Salt, was released in March 2013 on Don Giovanni Records in the United States and four months later on Wichita Recordings in the U.K.[9][10] The critically acclaimed album reached #1 on the Official Record Store Chart in July 2013 and scored 8.4 on Pitchfork.[11][12] Waxahatchee supported Tegan And Sara on their U.K. tour, before playing a headline U.K. tour in October that same year.[10][13]

Crutchfield signed to Merge Records which released her third album, Ivy Tripp, in April 2015.[14]

Discography

Albums

Year Title Label Format
2012 American Weekend[15] Don Giovanni Records CD, 12" vinyl LP, Download
2013 Cerulean Salt[16] Don Giovanni Records CD, 12" vinyl LP, Download
2015 Ivy Tripp[17] Wichita Recordings / Merge Records CD, 12" vinyl LP, Download

Split cassette

References

  1. ↑ Pelly, Jenn. "Rising: Waxahatchee". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Cauvel, Peter. "WAXAHATCHEE - American Weekend". Verbicide Magazine.
  3. ↑ "Waxahatchee playing shows, DBA tonight (dates & streams)". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  4. ↑ Bernardi, Joe. "Dusted Reviews: Waxahatchee American Weekend". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Twin Rock Dreams Prevail". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  6. ↑ "Listed: The Dusted Mid-Year Report (2012 Edition)". Dustedmagazine.com. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Tyler-Ameen, Daoud. "Waxahatchee: A Love Song, Without The Love". Npr.org. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  8. ↑ "NPR Music's 50 Favorite Songs Of 2012 (So Far)". Npr.org. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  9. ↑ "Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt CD/LP out March 5th!". Dongiovannirecords.com. 2013-01-25. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  10. 1 2 "'Waxahatchee sign to Wichita, announce Tegan & Sara Support'". Archived from the original on June 19, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt | Album Reviews". Pitchfork.com. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2015-05-17.
  12. ↑ "2013 Top 40 Official Record Store Albums Archive". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  13. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130706024144/http://www.wichita-recordings.com/news/waxahatchee-announces-uk-tour-cerulean-salt-out-now. Archived from the original on July 6, 2013. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  14. ↑ "Waxahatchee shares new album details Archive". Merge Records. Retrieved 12 Jan 2015.
  15. ↑ "Waxahatchee - American Weekend". Punknews.org. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "Album Review: Waxahatchee - Cerulean Salt". consequenceofsound.net. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
  17. ↑ "News: Waxahatchee announce new album Ivy Tripp". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 12 Jan 2015.
  18. ↑ "Split by Waxahatchee and Chris Clavin". Rate Your Music. Somenic Inc. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
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