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Album of the Week: Waxahatchee, 'Tigers Blood'

Waxahatchee - 'Tigers Blood' album cover
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by Ayisha Jaffer

March 25, 2024

The Album of the Week is Tigers Blood, the spectacular sixth release from Waxahatchee. It's the project of singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield and named after Waxahatchee Creek in Alabama, where she grew up. On Tigers Blood, Crutchfield emerges as a powerhouse and ethnologist of the self, forever dedicated to revisiting her wins and losses. She wanders from the middle stretch of a relationship to a day sleeping in, to a road trip, to a nearby lake. With performances on the album by MJ Lenderman, Spencer Tweedy, and Phil Cook, as well as trusted collaborator and producer Brad Cook. Tigers Blood from Waxahatchee is The Current's Album of the Week.