Out in the Storm, Katie Crutchfield’s fourth album as WAXAHATCHEE
AND HER SECOND RELEASE WITH MERGE, is the blazing result of a woman
reawakened. 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. As Crutchfield prepared for the release of
her Merge debut Ivy Tripp, she found herself depleted emotionally and
professionally amidst the dissolution of a noxious relationship.
“Ivy Tripp doesn’t really have any resolution. It’s a lot of
beating around the bush, and superficially trying to see my life
clearly, but just barely scratching the surface. Out in the Storm digs
into what I was going through without blinking. It’s a very honest
record about a time in which I was not honest with myself.”
The album 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.
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