{"id":3989,"date":"2020-07-29T10:02:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T17:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=3989"},"modified":"2024-11-27T13:39:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T20:39:23","slug":"waxahatchee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/waxahatchee","title":{"rendered":"Episode 189: Waxahatchee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Fire&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder189-Waxahatchee-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder189-Waxahatchee-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder189-Waxahatchee-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder189-Waxahatchee-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/SongExploder189-Waxahatchee.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_b0f85f58-308b-4b6f-a9a4-838c60da8c7c&#038;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Katie Crutchfield is a singer and songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. She\u2019s been making music under the name <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waxahatchee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Waxahatchee<\/a> since 2010. Her fifth album, <em>Saint Cloud<\/em>, came out this past March. <em>Pitchfork<\/em> named it <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/waxahatchee-saint-cloud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best New Music<\/a>, and <em>The Guardian<\/em> called it the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2020\/mar\/27\/waxahatchee-saint-cloud-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">best album of the year so far<\/a>. In this episode, Katie breaks down how she made the song \u201cFire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1493459983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">buy or stream &#8220;Fire&#8221; here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cEyYlyRr2_U\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><br \/>\n<i>Illustration by <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma<\/a><\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/waxahatchee-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bradleytime.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brad Cook &#8211; producer<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bonnydoon.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bonny Doon &#8211; band<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sonicranch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sonic Ranch &#8211; studio<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Fire&#8221; Katie Crutchfield is a singer and songwriter from Birmingham, Alabama. 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