Snocaps, the brand new band of Katie and Allison Crutchfield, launched a shock album in the present day. The sisters, who’ve been making music collectively for greater than twenty years, sound higher than ever.
SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Snocaps, a brand new band led by Katie and Allison Crutchfield, launched a shock, self-titled album in the present day. It’s the twin sisters’ first time releasing music collectively since 2011.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “CHERRY HARD CANDY”)
SNOCAPS: (Singing) I obtained cash on our failure. I am a sinner. I am forgiving. You bought time to kill, and I am on the cellphone.
DETROW: Loads’s occurred since then, to all of us and to them. Allison has began the band Swearin’, and Katie has been performing in a handful of initiatives, most notably because the Grammy-nominated Waxahatchee, which not too long ago opened for Wilco and Bob Dylan. Right here to speak with me in the present day about this very thrilling new undertaking for our New Music Friday section is DJ Julie Bee of Marfa Public Radio in Texas. Welcome.
JULIE BEE, BYLINE: Whats up.
DETROW: So how massive of a deal is that this album?
BEE: It is a large deal. The Alabama-born Crutchfield sisters are twins Katie and Allison. They have been making music for over 20 years, and in that point, Katie’s undertaking, Waxahatchee, has actually taken off. Her album “Tigers Blood” was nominated for a Grammy final yr.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “TIGERS BLOOD”)
WAXAHATCHEE: (Singing) And I held it like a penny I discovered. It’d carry me one thing, it would weigh me down.
BEE: And Snocaps is one thing of a supergroup. The sisters are backed by MJ Lenderman, who’s identified for his solo work and as a part of the superb rock band Wednesday, in addition to Brad Prepare dinner, who’s produced albums for thus many greats like Bon Iver and Brandi Carlile.
DETROW: Love a supergroup. Effectively, what’s this sound like?
BEE: So lots of the songs are actually upbeat and catchy. It is obtained actually massive singalong power. Their voices mix superbly.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “ANGEL WINGS”)
SNOCAPS: (Singing) I say it out loud. I give it energy. Let a imaginative and prescient unfurl. Give it angel wings. Be taught the refrain by coronary heart. Might it set me free.
BEE: Katie’s voice sounds one of the best it ever has, so trustworthy and actual. And the lyrics are actually wealthy. The Crutchfield sisters have at all times been unbelievable songwriters. I believe that each longtime P.S. Eliot followers and newer Waxahatchee followers are going to like it.
DETROW: Given all that, what’s one track that basically jumps out to you?
BEE: Effectively, there’s so many gems on this album, however I particularly love “Model New Metropolis.” It is obtained massive, sunny vocals and brilliant, jangly guitars. It is only a good pop track.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “BRAND NEW CITY”)
SNOCAPS: (Singing) The celebs of previous movies. Model new metropolis. Model new metropolis. Model new metropolis, similar darkish bar.
DETROW: I imply, provided that the sisters have performed such a giant position within the feminist rock scene of this century, I am curious if there is a theme of feminism working by means of this album.
BEE: I actually assume so. I imply, it is true that their early band collectively, P.S. Eliot, got here up in a male-dominated punk scene, however these girls have by no means had bother holding their very own. And so they carry that very same power to a number of songs on this file. A favourite is “Avalanche.” It is obtained traces like, his mythology’s like a vitamin. He would possibly wobble, however he at all times wins.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “AVALANCHE”)
SNOCAPS: (Singing) However don’t be concerned about me. I am determined provided that I am dreaming. Don’t fret about me. He at all times makes it look straightforward.
BEE: It is actually great, musically and lyrically.
DETROW: That’s DJ Julie Bee of Marfa Public Radio. You possibly can hear extra from her on this week’s New Music Friday podcast from NPR Music. Snocaps’ new shock album is out in the present day. Thanks.
BEE: Thanks.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, “AVALANCHE”)
SNOCAPS: (Singing) I’ve obtained rather a lot driving on this avalanche.
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