Katie Crutchfield aka Waxahatchee is releasing her new album Tigers Blood next month and following on from lead single “Right Back To It” we now have a second taste in the form of “Bored”. She says:
“I feel like my comfort zone when writing songs lies somewhere on the emotional spectrum of sadness and heartache. Writing from a place of happiness scares me. Too earnest. Anger scares me even more. I wrote ‘Bored’ about one of those situations where anger was called for and was the only authentic place from which to write about what I was experiencing. It was a challenge for me and ‘Bored’ is the end result.”
The song pairs Crutchfield once again with MJ Lenderman but this time the guitars are fuzzed up, the drums are pounding and Waxahatchee is yelping with energy. “Bored” finds her wired and trying to shrug off life’s weight and wear; “I can get along / my spine’s a rotted two by four / barely hanging on — my benevolence just hits the floor,” she admits in the rollicking chorus, before landing the emphatic punch: “I get bored”. It’s a complete mood and style flip from “Right Back To It”, but still sits in Waxahatchee’s southern-tinged sweet spot – and makes us all the more excited for Tigers Blood.
Watch the video for “Bored” below or find it on streamers.
Waxahatchee’s new album Tigers Blood will be out on 22 March through ANTI- (pre-order/save). You can find her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
She also has all of these tour dates in North America and Europe coming up this year:
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 ^
July 11 – Amsterdam NL – Paradiso
July 12 – Köln DE – Gebäude 9
July 13 – Hamburg DE – Mojo Club
July 14 – Bruges BE – Cactusfestival
July 15 – Berlin DE – Festsaal Kreuzberg
July 17 – Schorndorf DE – Club Manufaktur
July 18 – Feldkirch AT – Poolbar Festival
July 19 – Sittersdorf AT – Acoustic Lakeside Festival
July 21 – Zurich CH – Bogen F
July 22 – Paris FR – La Maroquinerie
July 24 – Brighton UK – Chalk
July 25 – London UK – O2 Forum Kentish Town
July 26 – Southwold UK – Latitude Festival
July 27 – Manchester UK – New Century
July 29 – Leeds UK – The Leeds Irish Centre
July 30 – Glasgow UK – Queen Margaret Union
July 31 – Belfast UK – The Belfast Empire Music Hall
August 1 – Dublin IE – Vicar Street
August 19 – Boise, ID – Treefort Music Hall %
August 21 – Fort Collins, CO – Washington’s %
August 23 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant %
August 24 – Madison, WI – The Sylvee %
August 25 – Kalamazoo, MI – Bell’s Beer Garden %
August 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – The Warhol at Carnegie Music Hall %
August 28 – New York, NY – Beacon Theatre
August 29 – South Deerfield, MA – Tree House Summer Stage &#
August 30 – Portland, ME – State Theater &#
August 31 – Accord, NY – Arrowood Farms &#
September 1 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summerstage &#
September 6 – Vienna, VA – Filene Center – Wolf Trap &#
September 7 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore #@
September 8 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore &+
^ w/ Good Morning
% w/ Tre Burt
# w/ Tim Heidecker
& w/ Snail Mail
+ w/ Greg Mendez
@ w/ Gladie
