This is what I like to see whilst procrastinating in the studio. Waxahatchee are returning for a new album “Ivy Tripp” on Merge Records released 6 April here in the UK, 7th for the US. It’s delicious and slower than the tracks that initially drew me to Waxahatchee. The track Air seems tailor-made for the headphone obsessives among us who pretend we’re really cool and instead just don’t know how to talk to people. It builds slowly and Katie Crutchfield manages to engage with her audience spectacularly as usual. She’ll be following up her release with a European tour that I’m certainly going to catch when she rolls through Glasgow.

MAY
23 – Dresden, Germany – Beatpol
JUNE
1 – Münster, Germany – Gleis 22
3 – Hamburg, Germany – Molotow
4 – Copenhagen, Denmark -Beta
8 – Koln, Germany – Blue Shell
10 – London, England – Electric Ballroom
11 – Bristol, England – The Fleece
12 – Manchester, England – The Ruby Lounge
13 – Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
14 – Belfast, Northern Ireland – McHughs
15 – Glasgow, Scotland – Stereo
16 – Newcastle, England – The Cluny
17 – Leeds, England – The Brudenell Social Club
18 – Sheffield, England – The Harley
19 – Southampton, England – Joiners
20 – Brighton, England – Bleach

The album is available to pre-order from here.