The career of American alt-country artist Katie Crutchfield - as if that name wasn't pretty enough she calls herself Waxahatchee - has had a steady and proven upward trajectory. Her first album
American Weekend (2012) was a lo-fi acoustic album full of, home-recorded adolescent woes that received high praise on alternative music sites like Dusted and Pitchfork. That gave her the opportunity to swap
… lo-fi for better studio recordings and form a backing band, with the 2020 release Saint Cloud being the highlight. After the dreamy folk album I Walked With You A Ways with Jess Williamson as the duo Plains, Tigers Blood is the Alabama singer-songwriter's sixth album. On it, she sounds confident and raw, accompanied by her gifted band. Tigers Blood has the feel of a 1970s country rock record - think Neil Young and his Crazy Horse. What Waxahatchee has in common with Young above all else is that she rarely misses the mark with her personable songs. With her powerful and slightly husky vocals, she always presents her songs with conviction (MR).more
