Waxahatchee

From a bedroom to Merge

Waxahatchee is the project of Kathryn Katie Crutchfield, born on January 4, 1989 in Birmingham, Alabama, named for Waxahatchee Creek in that state. It began as an acoustic solo project and is now usually a full band. American Weekend (January 12, 2012, Don Giovanni) was recorded in one week at her family's home in Birmingham, and Cerulean Salt (March 5, 2013) earned Pitchfork's 8.4. Ivy Tripp (April 7, 2015) came out on Merge and, in the UK, Wichita, and Out in the Storm (July 14, 2017, Merge) was co-produced by John Agnello at Miner Street Recordings. The Great Thunder EP followed on September 7, 2018.

Saint Cloud (March 27, 2020, Merge) was produced by Brad Cook and reached 140 on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Americana and folk chart; Metacritic scores it 88, Pitchfork gave it 8.7 and both Paste and Pitchfork ranked it second among the albums of 2020. It won the 2021 Libera Award for best country record. She made I Walked with You a Ways as the duo Plains with Jess Williamson (October 2022, Anti-), and Tigers Blood (March 22, 2024, Anti-), with the lead single "Right Back to It" featuring MJ Lenderman, was nominated for the Grammy for best Americana album. Snocaps, a band with Allison Crutchfield, MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook, released an album on October 31, 2025. She played 2,500-capacity theaters in 2024 and Primavera Sound in Barcelona and Porto in 2025.