Out in the Storm is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Waxahatchee, released on July 14, 2017 through Merge. It features her sister Allison Crutchfield on keyboards and percussion, as well as Katie Harkin (the touring guitarist for the rock band Sleater-Kinney), Katherine Simonetti, and Ashley Arnwine. Dinosaur Jr./Sonic Youth producer John Agnello recorded the album live. The album was released digitally, on vinyl and compact disc.
Critical reception
Out in the Storm gained a positive reception from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 80 based on 28 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". In AllMusic, Marcy Donelson wrote: "With Crutchfield forthright as ever and collaborators suited to drive home her position, Out in the Storm hits with strength as much as emotion." Exclaim! writer Sarah Murphy remarked that "the results are some of Crutchfield's biggest rock'n'roll anthems yet."
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Track listing
Personnel Adapted from AllMusic.
Katie Crutchfield – bass, guitar, keyboards, percussion, producer, vocals Allison Crutchfield – keyboards, percussion John Agnello – engineer, producer Ashley Arnwine – drums Greg Calbi – mastering Joey Doubek – percussion Katie Harkin – guitar, keyboards, percussion, piano, vocals Daniel Murphy – design Matt Schimelfenig – tracking assistant Daniel Shea – photography Katherine Simonetti – bass
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