Waxahatchee announces new album 'Ivy Tripp' 3rd April on Wichita

Waxahatchee returns with a new album Ivy Tripp on 3rd April via Wichita Recordings, and signs to Merge Records for North America.

Waxahatchee, the solo musical project of Katie Crutchfield, is named after a creek not far from her childhood home in Alabama and seems to represent both where she came from and where she’s going. The follow up to 2013’s critically lauded Cerulean Salt, Ivy Tripp drifts confidently from its predecessor and displays a more informed and powerful recognition of where Crutchfield currently finds herself. The previous themes of loss of youth and coming of age have been replaced with self control and sheer honesty; “My life has changed a lot in the last two years, and it’s been hard for me to process my feelings other than by writing songs,” says Crutchfield. “I think a running theme [of Ivy Tripp] is steadying yourself on shaky ground and reminding yourself that you have control in situations that seem overwhelming."

Recorded and engineered by Kyle Gilbride of Wherever Audio at Crutchfield’s home on New York’s Long Island - with drums recorded in the gym of a local elementary school - Ivy Tripp presents a more developed and grown up version of Waxahatchee; “The title Ivy Tripp is really just a term I made up for directionless-ness, specifically of the 20-something, 30-something, 40-something of today, lacking regard for the complaisant life path of our parents and grandparents. I have thought of it like this: Cerulean Salt is a solid and Ivy Tripp is a gas.”

Following the sold out solo shows later this month at London’s St Pancras Church, Waxahatchee has announced a set of European dates with a full band for June. The line up will include Katie Crutchfield (guitar, vocals), Keith Spencer (guitar), Katherine Simonetti (bass), Ashley Arnwine (drums), and Allison Crutchfield (guitar, keys and backup vocals).

Pre-order Ivy Tripp now on limited-edition colored vinyl via the Wichita shop and receive an autographed poster, while supplies last: http://smarturl.it/ivyphys

Waxahatchee Solo European Dates:

• Monday 26 January London St Pancras Church SOLD OUT
• Wednesday 28 January Paris L’Espace B TICKETS
• Saturday 31 January Brussels Botanique TICKETS
• Sunday 1 February Amsterdam Paradiso TICKETS
• Wednesday 4 February Berlin Monarch TICKETS

Waxahatchee Full Band European Dates:

• Sat 23 May Dresden Beatpol
• Mon 1 June Münster Gleis 22
• Wed 3 June Hamburg Molotow
• Thu 4 June Copenhagen Beta
• Mon 8 June Köln Blue Shell
• Wed 10 June London Electric Ballroom
• Thu 11 June Bristol The Fleece
• Fri 12 June Manchester The Ruby Lounge
• Sat 13 June Dublin Button Factory
• Sun 14 June Belfast McHughs
• Mon 15 June Glasgow Stereo
• Tue 16 June Newcastle The Cluny
• Wed 17 June Leeds The Brudenell Social Club
• Thu 18 June Sheffield The Harley
• Fri 19 June Southhampton Joiners
• Sat 20 June Brighton Bleach

Praise for Cerulean Salt:

• ‘This combination of musical innocence and lyrical experience draws you in... one that sounds just a little more epic with every play’ ‘Album of the Week’ The Observer
• ‘This is intimate, confident songwriting... Crutchfield’s lyrics are simultaneously starkly honest and tricksily complex’ ‘Album Of The Week’ 4/5 Time Out
• ‘Truths rarely come as beautiful as this’ 8/10 NME
• ‘Crutchfield would no doubt laugh it off, but she’s already something of a star and, whatever direction she chooses to take, her potential seems boundless’ 4/5 Mojo
• ‘An intimacy and directness which will surely make Cerulean Salt one of 2013’s biggest albums... a lethally brilliant concoction’ 4/5 Q Magazine
• ‘The songs Katie Crutchfield sings as Waxahatchee are like scalpels; they slice through her life, her loves and her dreams’ The Guardian
• ‘Deceptively deep... if at first it seems like Cerulean Salt is a straight forward affair, it’s only because you haven’t taken the time to dive into its carefully constructed dramas and astonishingly stark confessions’ 8/10 Loud & Quiet
• ‘While it’s always been clear that she is a talented songwriter, Cerulean Salt represents an outstanding example of Crutchfield’s talent blossoming into one of US indie’s most vital and compelling voices’ 8/10 DIY Magazine
• ‘Katie Crutchfield has a way of delivering a line so casually that it takes a half-dozen listens to fully realise how devastating it is... the work of a songwriter skilled enough to make introspection seem not self-centred, but generous’ 8.4 Pitchfork