Waxahatchee by Molly Matalon
It was Waxahatchee’s late night TV debut.
Waxahatchee performed Lilacs for US television earlier this week, as the guest of Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
Both this track and its parent album featured prominently on Live4ever’s end-of-year 2020 lists, after our review had concluded that Katie Crutchfield had, ‘never sounded more at home’ than on Saint Cloud:
“Knowing yourself again means being comfortable in taking new forms, and the best moments here – the sweetly harmonious Lilacs, Arkadelphia’s desultory charm, the glittering slow dance quality of the title-track – are tokens of a writer taking bold, courageous steps forward.”
“It’s proof that not every dry well lacks magic. Saint Cloud’s backstory is one familiar with the telling, presented throughout history in many forms by the raw-boned female soothsayers of Katie Crutchfield’s upbringing.”
