Waxahatchee Traces the Sound of Recovery on 'Saint Cloud': 'I Had to Hit Pause'
As the mastermind behind the indie project Waxahatchee, singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield has never been content with a single sound, or a single mode of playing. Over the course of four albums and a recent EP, her writing has shifted in and around a familiar universe of thematic constants with a voice, and an eye, toward specificity that’s entirely her own. Place names, dates, and particular words and phrases help anchor the music in memory -- from the lithe, acoustic aesthetics of 2012’s American Weekend to the patchwork of rural reminiscence and urban thrash that was 2017’s Out In The Storm.