Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield & sister Allison have a new band, and their surprise debut album finds them backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook. Earlier this month, Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and her twin sister/frequent collaborator Allison teased something that also included MJ Lenderman (who played guitar and sang all over Waxahatchee’s 2024 album “Tigers Blood“) and Brad Cook (who produced the last two Waxahatchee albums), we learn that what they were teasing was a new band from Katie and Allison called Snocaps. And to make matters even more exciting, they just surprise-released their self-titled debut album.
It’s Katie and Allison’s first band together in about 15 years (they previously played together in P.S. Eliot, Bad Banana, and The Ackleys), but Allison has also been on Waxahatchee albums and she’s toured as a member of the band.
It’s also Allison’s first album since the 2018 “Swearin’ comeback album “Fall into the Sun”. and all four of them play multiple instruments on the album. It has a little more of a pared-back indie rock vibe compared to the two Brad Cook-produced Waxahatchee albums, but still with that Americana twist that Katie’s been embracing lately (with no lack of twangy MJ Lenderman guitar), and the Crutchfields’ complementary songwriting styles are in excellent form.
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