Event

WAXAHATCHEE w/ Dogwood Tales

WXJM & Big Bullet Booking Present:

WAXAHATCHEE (Merge Records) (http://waxahatcheemusic.com)

Katie Crutchfields southern roots are undeniable. The name of her solo musical project Waxahatchee comes from a creek not far from her childhood home in Alabama and seems to represent both where she came from and where shes going. Since leaving home, Crutchfield has drifted between New York and Philadelphia but chose to return to Alabama to write her first two albums: American Weekend, her debut filled with powerful lo-fi acoustic tracks full of lament, and Cerulean Salt, a more developed and solid narrative about growing up. Both are representations of a youthful struggle with unresolved issues and unrequited feelings.
Waxhatchees latest record, Ivy Tripp, drifts confidently from these previous albums and brings forth a more informed and powerful recognition of where Crutchfield has currently found herself. The lament and grieving for her youth seem to have been replaced with control and sheer self-honesty. My life has changed a lot in the last two years, and its 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, or just being cognizant in moments of deep confusion or sadness, and learning to really feel emotions and to grow from that.

Hometown darlings Dogwood Tales will be opening this show!

$10 adv tix / $15 day of show
Doors at 8 p.m. / Show at 9 p.m.