Waxahatchee announces new album 'Ivy Tripp,' spring tour

Merge Records announced last month that singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield, better known as Waxahatchee, had joined the label's ever-expanding roster. Now her first release for Merge has a title and a release date.

The new album is titled Ivy Tripp and it will be available on April 7. Check out the song "Air" from Ivy Tripp below.

Waxahatchee will hit the road on North American tour in support of the album in the spring. They'll play the Cat's Cradle Back Room in Carrboro on Saturday, April 11. The Goodbye Party will open. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketfly for $13.



Waxahatchee tour dates
04.07.15 - Washington, DC — The Black Cat *
04.08.15 - Philadelphia, PA — Union Transfer * ^
04.09.15 - Brooklyn, NY — Music Hall of Williamsburg * ^
04.10.15 - Harrisonburg, VA — Clementine *
04.11.15 - Carrboro, NC — Cat's Cradle Backroom *
04.12.15 - Asheville, NC — The Mothlight *
04.13.15 - Atlanta, GA — Drunken Unicorn *
04.15.15 - Birmingham, AL — The Bottletree *
04.16.15 - Gainesville, FL — The Wooly *
04.17.15 - Tallahassee, FL — Club Down Under *
04.18.15 - Pensacola, FL — Vinyl Music Hall *
04.19.15 - New Orleans, LA — Gasa Gasa *
04.20.15 - Houston, TX — Walters Downtown *
04.21.15 - Austin, TX — Red 7 *
04.22.15 - Denton, TX — Rubber Gloves *
04.24.15 - Albuquerque, NM — Sister ^
04.25.15 - Phoenix, AZ — Valley Bar ^
04.26.15 - San Diego, CA — The Casbah ^
04.28.15 - Los Angeles, CA — The Roxy ^
04.29.15 - San Francisco, CA — Great American Music Hall ^
05.01.15 - Portland, OR — Doug Fir ^
05.02.15 - Vancouver, BC — Biltmore Cabaret ^
05.03.15 - Seattle, WA — The Crocodile ^
05.06.15 - Minneapolis, MN — Triple Rock Social Club ^
05.07.15 - Chicago, IL — Empty Bottle ^
05.08.15 - Chicago, IL — The Beat Kitchen ^
05.09.15 - Detroit, MI — UFO ^
05.10.15 - Toronto, ON — The Garrison ^
05.11.15 - Montreal, QC — Bar Le Ritz PDB ^
05.12.15 - Burlington, VT — The Monkey House ^
05.13.15 - Boston, MA — The Sinclair ^
05.14.15 - East Greenwich, RI — Greenwich Odeum ^

* w/ The Goodbye Party
^ w/ Girlpool