American Weekend is the debut album from Waxahatchee, originally released on Don Giovanni in the US. This album is more stripped down and lo-fi than its now highly-acclaimed follow up, Cerulean Salt, recorded over 8 days by Katie Crutchfield while snowed in at her childhood home in Alabama.
This album may be sparser in sound than Cerulean Salt but the songs are just as powerfully affecting, mediating on the highs and lows of 20-something life with a rawness that recalls the likes of Girly-Sound-era Liz Phair, Elliott Smith, and PJ Harvey.
