Waxahatchee streams Ivy Tripp

2015-03-30 by dimsim3478 | 14 Comments
Alabama indie music sad person Katie Crutchfield is streaming her third solo album under the moniker Waxahatchee, entitled Ivy Tripp, today on the NPR website ahead of its April 7 release via Merge Records. Despite leaking in its entirety in early February, Crutchfield has been building hype for Ivy Tripp with published articles and pre-release songs, bolstered by an acclaimed performance at SXSW earlier this month. Crutchfield is set for a long run of U.S. and European dates beginning on the day of the album's release, in addition to her Australian debut with two shows down-under announced just this week.

On Ivy Tripp, Waxahatchee's simple, emotionally devastating aesthetic--having only just been subjected to the full-band treatment on her last album Cerulean Salt--is expanded upon with a much broader instrumental pallet than ever before, applying a range of timbral effects and production tricks to the core instrumentation of vocals, guitar, bass and drums. Coupled with this deeply satisfying sense of variation is Crutchfield's absolute best vocal performance yet, her arresting pop melodies imbued with a whole new dimension of expressive articulation. It's a simultaneously visceral and dreamy affair; Crutchfield said of the album:

"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. 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, or just being cognizant in moments of deep confusion or sadness, and learning to really feel emotions and to grow from that.

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: [Waxahatchee's last album] Cerulean Salt is a solid and Ivy Tripp is a gas."


Stream Ivy Tripp here:
http://n.pr/1bI8xli

Order the album here:
http://www.mergerecords.com/ivy-tripp

Hit up Waxahatchee on tour:
http://www.waxahatcheemusic.com/live

Tagged: Waxahatchee

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NorthernSkylark
March 30th 2015
12134 Comments


just be cognizant dude

dimsim3478
March 30th 2015
8987 Comments


whatever do you mean

oltnabrick
March 31st 2015
40682 Comments


great album

someguest
March 31st 2015
30126 Comments


on dat Ivy tip

Aids
March 31st 2015
24512 Comments


best artist

PotsyTater
March 31st 2015
10100 Comments


pretty good album, highlights and lowlights tho, really strong 3/5

PotsyTater
March 31st 2015
10100 Comments


the cute factor usually gives her ratings a bit of a boost past where they should be

dimsim3478
March 31st 2015
8987 Comments


maybe true for cerulean salt but this and american weekend are top notch albums

Pajolero
March 31st 2015
1428 Comments


Top stuff.

dimsim3478
March 31st 2015
8987 Comments


also turns out that Waxahatchee's playing my city on the same night as American Football so on the off chance i can go to either of them, i would have to pick AF unfortunately even though i wanna see Waxahatchee more

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
March 31st 2015
47650 Comments


audio not available in my region, thanks obama

dimsim3478
March 31st 2015
8987 Comments


album's been out for months already though so you know what to do

Rowan5215
Staff Reviewer
March 31st 2015
47650 Comments


Cry myself to sleep in ignorance of the jams I'm missing out on?

dimsim3478
March 31st 2015
8987 Comments


nah you might not care about this tbh. i'm just really enthusiastic about simple, concise pop writers like katie and radiator hospital and the pillows and tony molina and alex g and tancred and house boat and the mountain goats to a lesser extent but that sort of music doesn't seem to resonate super deeply with most people.



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