Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) is releasing a new album, “Tigers Blood”, on March 22nd via ANTI-. This week she shared its third single, “365,” via a music video filmed in one continuous shot. Corbett Jones and Nick Simonite directed the video.
Crutchfield had this to say about “365” in a press release: “‘365’ is a song about co-dependency as it pertains to addiction and relationships with addicts. It’s something I’ve dealt with a lot in my life and I really wanted to distill the nerves and emotions down to their purest form in this song.
Brad Cook and I had a lot of ideas we tried for this one, but in the end, we tracked it live just him, Jake Lenderman, and myself running the song a couple of times together in the room.”
We’ve never questioned the songwriting talents of Katie Crutchfield — only a fool would. And yet, even when it seems impossible to do so, the artist continues to outdo herself. The immaculate “Tigers Blood” picks up where 2020’s “Saint Cloud” left off, with Crutchfield embracing her rootsiest, alt-countryiest of tendencies, this time with the help of rising indie star MJ Lenderman. The resulting 12 numbers boast effortless, near-flawless construction, over top of which Crutchfield delivers her abstracted, beautifully contradictory, poignant tales.
There are highs and lows, moments of boredom and burnout, and a perpetual, perhaps unspoken plea to keep moving forward. Ultimately, it’s a project that proves Crutchfield is still growing, both personally and artistically, and we’re just glad she’s invited us along for the ride.
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