Ill get half a sentence out and then interrupt myself, saying, Its O.K. As she sang along to songs by Fiona Apple and SZA, she realized that she wanted to put her voice front and center, cleanly, for the first time. The Pitch: Has relocating to Kansas City affected how you make music? Ms. Crutchfield performing last month in her solo project, Waxahatchee, at South by Southwest in Austin, Tex. Listen to Waxahatchees Brass Beam, an Embrace of Her Southern Roots. CRUTCHFIELD: A lot of the songs were so loose when we first started working on them that I didn't even know what I wanted. Katies support was so important for me as we wrote this album. The two share the same passion for music and their career. // photo by Molly Matalon. I love all of it, but I knew [that sound] wasnt going to be super-sustainable for me because its so loud and abrasive. For me, the album is a potent reminder of the world we will eventually return toa life of ordinary motion, in which we negotiate each day alongside other people, witness one anothers fluctuations and longings face to face. Her reps confirmed her pregnancy following the show. Then, as tightly in unison as they are on their record, they laughed. As she went through early Waxahatchee songs and told the stories behind them, her progress sunk in: Especially as a person whos gotten sober, a lot of my earlier songs mean something different to me now than they did at the time. I Walked With You a Ways, Plains Tour Dates Oct. 21 Seattle, WA @ The Neptune Theatre Oct. 22 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall Oct. 24 Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery Oct. 25 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom Oct. 26 Los Angeles, CA @ Belasco Theater Oct. 28 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriets Oct. 29 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom Oct. 31 Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory Nov. 1 Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn Nov. 3 New Orleans, LA @ Tipitinas Nov. 4 Birmingham, AL @ Saturn Nov. 5 Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville Nov. 6 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse Nov. 7 Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom Nov. 9 Washington DC @ The Howard Theatre Nov. 10 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer Nov. 11 New York, NY @ Webster Hall Nov. 12 Jersey City, NJ @ White Eagle Hall Nov. 13 Boston, MA @ Royale Nov. 15 Toronto, ON, Canada @ Danforth Music Hall Nov. 16 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre Nov. 17 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre Nov. 18 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue Nov. 19. I talked about how I wanted to quit drinking, and that was so long ago., Its 11 a.m., but Crutchfield, who performs under the name Waxahatchee, is still in her pajamas, sitting in her twin sister Allisons backyard in Los Angeles. Their joint project explores a spectrum of. During her struggle to remain sober Kevin was there by her side. I never (unintelligible) to ease my mind TYLER-AMEEN: P.S. Crutchfield and Williamson each brought songs theyd written individually relying on the other for some in-the-room punch-ups and they found their styles to be quite complementary. Yeah. Together theyve dueted on some covers, appeared at each others shows, and performed on many livestreams as a couple, but both agree that making a full collaborative project would have to be effortless. As Morby sees it, Well probably go hang out somewhere for a month and be talking one day and be like, Oh, lets record some songs.. 2023 Cond Nast. Later on, they parted their ways from the band but they share a loving bond and always share their pictures on their social media handle. In a recent interview, she told the musician Jess Williamson that, earlier in her career, she had thought of herself as a songwriter more than a performershe would just stumble out on stage and kind of mumble my songs into the microphone and then stumble off and go out with my friends. Through making Saint Cloud, she realized how much self-respect she had been denying herself: she needed to love myself enough to go out and hone some power for a second and put it out into the world. At the beginning of March, she gathered her touring band for a long and magical weekend of rehearsal in Michigan. She wrote the melody for "Fire" while en route to Kansas City from Birmingham, Alabama, where she grew up. Katie Crutchfield of Waxahatchee recalls hearing Fiona Apple for the first time in a dance class. Im working on another Waxahatchee record at the moment. They both describe them as products of chaos. I feel like Katie and I really met at a crossroads of our lives, Morby says. Line of Sight 4. As far as Ive seen, I feel that we all get better as we age. All rights reserved. Then, in January of 2011, on the eve of her 22nd birthday, Katie got in her car and headed south. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Waxahatchees Katie Crutchfield performs at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona, June 2018. Lilacs have a longer lifespan if they drink soda water, she laughs. Cloud was a really big record for me in so many ways, she said. Williamson, on the other hand, had mostly worked as a solo artist, so the Plains experience meant opening herself up to new techniques: Crutchfield wanted to achieve a loose, spontaneous feel by tracking their vocals in as few takes as possible, for example. TYLER-AMEEN: She'd gone through a couple of bad breakups. They formed a band even before completing high school 'the Ackleys' where Katie played guitar and Alison played piano. But this is her first album that explicitly evokes the music she grew up with. It died after last years first frost, but Crutchfield wants to plant some bulbs in the next few days. How the Waxahatchee singer-songwriter got sober, moved to Kansas City, and made her best album yet, "I've become so obsessive about people like Lucinda Williams, Linda Ronstadt, and Emmylou Harris," Katie Crutchfield says. We just have to live in this weird groundlessness, to accept that theres no way to know whento try to be certain that we will get to play these songs, even if its two years from now. In the meantime, quarantine has tested, and possibly changed, her restless nature. Their street is a row of homogeneous one-story ranch homes with SUVs in the driveways and piles of leaves gathering out front. She began thinking of Saint Cloud as an album that would relate a long, elliptical, autobiographical story. CRUTCHFIELD: (Singing) I'm not a whipper in the wind or solace laying at the bottom of a bottle, or your thick skin TYLER-AMEEN: Katie says, unlike "American Weekend," this album was a team effort. Reach me at mackenzie@kcur.org or find me on Twitter @_macmartin. We invent our own fear. She has been trying to give herself permission to feel shitty about the situation, she told meabout not getting to bring the story she tells on the album full circle, on tour, not getting to experience it in the presence of other people. Inside, it becomes clear this is a musicians home. If you only knew how hard I was trying to suppress that Southern accent for so long, Crutchfield said. It is estimated she might have around $1 to $4 million. 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She was born in Alabama, America where she and her twin sister Allison Crutchfield grew together and played their music fin the street of Waxahatchee Creek. Cloud, and Williamsons enchanting Sorceress but were unsure when theyd be able to tour. Sunday's concert also marked Crutchfield's first show in Kansas City since making the city her home. ; Im so blessed.. She thought every song she wrote was going to be her last, and that it was luck, not talent, that gave her the opportunity in the first place. As a ninth grader, alongside her sister, she sang and played guitar in the Ackleys, a pop-rock band and Birmingham favorite that got booked on the 2006 Warped Tour; after P.S. Copyright 2013 NPR. St. ", "50 Best Albums of 2017" (November 27, 2017). The house itself is embedded in the pairs latest albums, Waxahatchees Saint Cloud and Morbys Sundowner, which sound like the beginnings of contemplative new phases in their musical lives. The gadget that taught the world to socially distance. With acoustic guitar flourishes, billowing drums, and her trademark intimate approach to songwriting, the record leans into stripped-back Americana and country. Their joint project explores a spectrum of country influences and lets them reckon with their pasts. As a podcast producer at KCUR, I help investigate questions and local curiosities in a way that brings listeners along for adventures with plot twists and thought-provoking ideas. You\'ll receive the next newsletter in your inbox. The 70s country sounds of Plains one hears on their album, I Walked with You a Ways, are something different for Crutchfield, but the honest and open lyrical content will be readily familiar to anyone who has followed her musical journey over the years. Over the past decade, she has become an informal mentor and fairy godmother to other young women in the indie-music scene, urging them to assert and take care of themselves in the midst of the gruelling and often misogynistic worlds of touring and recording. And then of course, Phil Cook. I often find that drummers are the unsung hero in those moments because they really set a tone and its up to them to have good ideas about like, Whats the song mean? I cant really compliment Spencer enough. Crutchfield wrote Fire, a folky slow-burner, while she and her partner, musician Kevin Morby, were driving from Birmingham to their home in Kansas City, a route that goes directly through Memphis. And you know, shes got all the demos for the new Waxahatchee record and shes just been gassing me up or giving me bits of feedback. I drilled that into everybody. They hope their upcoming tour together will be as light and carefree as the project itself. Now 30 years old, shes been sober for a year and a half. I wanted to step into that power a little bit., Editors picks Ive been dreaming about hearing the album in personmore than any recent album that Ive heard, Saint Cloud evokes a sense of freedom and belonging that has been elusive in this era of constraint and distance. Browse 329 katie crutchfield stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Eliot, featured her twin sister, Allison, on drums) and a stint for Morby in Brooklyn bands Woods and the Babies, they both landed on a similar folk-inflected rock style in their solo work, more folk or rock depending on the album. Led them to the next pop-punk band, P.S Eliot which specializes in moody and emotional mixed with pop and indie genres. And I have personally found that to be really fruitful. The resulting Saint Cloud is a ripe, honest account of someone working to better understand herself. 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