Out in the Storm, Katie Crutchfield’s fourth album as Waxahatchee and her second full-length with Merge, will be released on July 14. Her most autobiographical and honest album to date, Out in the Storm is a self-reflective anchor in the story of both her songwriting and her life, the blazing result of a woman reawakened..
Along with today’s album announcement, Katie shares the video for first single“Silver.” She says of the song: “It’s about self-examination and the different shapes that takes, good and bad. I wanted it to be abstract and poetic, but I also wanted to align it with the other songs on the album, since they’re all so connected lyrically.”
Out in the Storm was tracked at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia with John Agnello, a producer, recording engineer, and mixer known for working with some of the most iconic musicians of the last 25 years, including Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth. Agnello and Crutchfield worked together for most of December 2016, along with the band: sister Allison Crutchfield on keyboards and percussion, Katherine Simonetti on bass, and Ashley Arnwine on drums; Katie Harkin, touring guitarist with Sleater-Kinney, also contributed lead guitar. At Agnello’s suggestion, the group recorded most of the music live to enhance their unity in a way that gives the album a fuller sound compared to past releases, resulting in one of Waxahatchee’s most guitar-driven releases to date.
Waxahatchee is currently on tour opening for the New Pornographers as a duo. Katie recently announced a full-band European tour, with new North American dates coming soon! A special limited-edition deluxe 2-LP version of Out in the Storm that includes an exclusive bonus LP of demo versions of the entire album pressed on cloud white vinyl plus a 12” x 24” poster is available for pre-order now. Also for pre-order in the Merge store is a bundle consisting of the deluxe 2-LP, the CD, and an exclusive postcard set.
Waxahatchee on tour:
Apr 18 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
Apr 19 Chicago, IL – Metro *
Apr 20 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater *
Apr 21 Chicago, IL – Metro *
Apr 22 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall *
Apr 25 Boston, MA – House of Blues *
Apr 26 New York, NY – Terminal 5 *
Apr 27 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
Apr 28 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
Apr 29 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
Apr 30 Harrisonburg, VA – The Golden Pony ^
May 01 Raleigh, NC – The Ritz *
May 02 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *
May 03 New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s *
May 04 Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall *
May 05 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater *
May 06 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre *
May 22 New York, NY – Vulture Festival panel with Allison Crutchfield
Jun 21-25 Calgary, AB – Sled Island
Sep 01 Gdansk, PL – Soundrive Festival
Sep 03 North Dorset, UK – End of the Road Festival
Sep 04 London, UK – The Garage
Sep 05 Manchester, UK – The Deaf Institute
Sep 06 Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Sep 07 Brighton, UK – Komedia
Sep 08 Heer, BE – Deep in the Woods
Sep 11 Paris, FR – Le Batofar
Sep 12 Lyon, FR – Le Periscope
Sep 13 Düdingen, CH – Bad Bonn
Sep 14 Zürich, CH – Rote Fabrik
Sep 15 Capri, IT – Mattatoio
Sep 16 Milano, IT – Biko
Sep 17 Munich, DE – Milla
Sep 18 Ljubljana, SI – Gala Hala
Sep 19 Vienna, AT – Arena
Sep 20 Prague, CZ – Klub 007
Sep 22 Schorndorf, DE – Manufaktur
Sep 23 Hamburg, DE – Reeperbahn Festival
Sep 24 Lund, SE – Mejerit
Sep 25 Göteborg, SE – Pustervik
Sep 26 Stockholm, SE – Obaren
Sep 27 Copenhagen, DK – Vega
Sep 28 Berlin, DE – Musik & Frieden
Sep 29 Groningen, NL – Vera
Oct 01 Amsterdam, NL – Bitterzoet
* duo performance, w/ The New Pornographers
^ duo performance
