It’s been three years since we’ve had a new Waxahatchee album, but the wait is over: Katie Crutchfield will release Tigers Blood on March 22 via Anti-.
Crutchfield previewed the long-awaited album with the lead single “Right Back to It,” a duet with Wednesday’s MJ Lenderman. It’s an Americana burner full of tender twang, with lines chronicling a longtime love. The video, which you can watch below, features Crutchfield and Lenderman in Caddo Lake, Texas, serenely riding in a low boat.
According to Crutchfield, “Right Back to It” was written in June 2022, when she was backstage at Virginia’s Wolf Trap opening for Sheryl Crow and Jason Isbell. “I’m really interested in writing love songs that are gritty and unromantic,” she said. “I wanted to make a song about the ebb and flow of a longtime love story. I thought it might feel untraditional but a little more in alignment with my experience to write about feeling insecure or foiled in some way internally, but always finding your way back to a newness or an intimacy with the same person.”
Tigers Blood follows the excellent Saint Cloud — which Crutchfield released in the pandemic — and I Walked With You a Ways, a record with Jess Williamson as the duo Plains. Crutchfield will tour in support of Tigers Blood, kicking off in her home of Kansas City on April 18. The trek will hit major cities through late May, pausing in the summer and resuming in Boise, Idaho, on Aug. 19.
Tigers Blood Track List:
1. 3 Sisters
2. Evil Spawn
3. Ice Cold
4. Right Back To It
5. Burns Out At Midnight
6. Bored
7. Lone Star Lake
8. Crimes Of The Heart
9. Crowbar
10. 365
11. The Wolves
12. Tigers Blood
Waxahatchee Tour Dates
April 18 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
April 19 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
April 20 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed
April 21 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
April 23 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
April 25 – New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
April 26 – Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre
April 27 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount Theatre
April 28 – Richmond, VA @ The National
April 30 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel
May 1 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
May 3 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
May 4 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theater
May 5 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
May 6 – Birmingham, AL @ Lyric Theatre
May 8 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
May 9 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall
May 10 – Houston, TX @ The Heights Theater
May 11 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live at the Moody Theater
May 13 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
May 14 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park
May 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
May 17 – Paso Robles, CA @ Barrelhouse Brewing Co.
May 18 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
May 19 – Sonoma, CA @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery
May 21 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
May 23 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
Aug. 19 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall
Aug. 21 – Fort Collins, CO @ Washington’s
Aug. 23 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Aug. 24 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
Aug. 25 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Beer Garden
Aug. 26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ The Warhol at Carnegie Music Hall
Aug. 28 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
Aug. 29 – South Deerfield, MA @ Tree House Summer Stage
Aug. 30 – Portland, ME @ State Theater
Aug. 31 – Accord, NY @ Arrowood Farms
Sept. 1 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summerstage
Sept. 6 – Vienna, VA @ Filene Center – Wolf Trap
Sept. 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
Sept. 8 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore