Waxahatchee’s 'Saint Cloud': Southern roots, sobriety and songs that arrived just in time - SaportaReport

Waxahatchee’s 'Saint Cloud': Southern roots, sobriety and songs that arrived just in time - SaportaReport

When Saint Cloud landed in late March 2020, just as the world was sliding into lockdown, it felt less like an album release and more like a dispatch from the future. Here was Katie Crutchfield, the Alabama-born singer-songwriter behind Waxahatchee, standing on the other side of her own personal storm, sending out songs about resilience and clarity at the exact moment when her audience needed them most. If the pandemic made time feel slippery and…