Waxahatchee (aka Katie Crutchfield) has shared “Lilacs,” the latest single and video from her highly anticipated new album, Saint Cloud, out March 27 worldwide.

Of the song, Crutchfield says:

“Lilacs” was the last song I wrote for the record, and it’s mostly just about obsessive/negative thought patterns. It’s about backsliding into old behaviors that don’t serve you and sort of letting your worst self get the best of you. I think that when people are in that mindset, they can really try to turn the blame onto other people, so the song sort of plays out like a conflict you’d have with someone you love. It’s meant to capture that moment of heat that happens right when you realize you’re wrong or that your issue is more with yourself than with someone else—being flawed and fragile, but making progress inch by inch. The chorus serves as a sweet little resolve. I wanted it to feel like the light at the end of the tunnel and the reminder that it can always and often does get better.

The video features dancer Marlee Grace, who tells us, “The first time I heard ‘Lilacs,’ I knew I needed to dance to it. I know that dance and music and film all have the ability to bring people into their awareness of self and aliveness. Creating this brought me into greater relationship with self, and it is my hope that listeners and viewers experience this, too.”

Saint Cloud is available for preorder on CD, standard LP in a single jacket, and coke bottle-clear Peak Vinyl housed in a gatefold jacket (both vinyl editions include a large full-color poster) in the Merge store, or wherever records are sold.

Waxahatchee on tour:
Apr 10 Detroit, MI – Jam Handy*
Apr 11 Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater*
Apr 14 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer*
Apr 15 Holyoke, MA – Gateway City Arts*
Apr 16 Boston, MA – Royale
Apr 17 Providence, RI – Columbus Theatre*
Apr 18 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere^
Apr 19 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere~
Apr 23 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club*
Apr 24 Saxapahaw, NC – Haw River Ballroom*
Apr 25 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge*
Apr 26 Atlanta, GA – Terminal West*
Apr 27 Birmingham, AL – Saturn*
Apr 29 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon*
Apr 30 Houston, TX – The Satellite*
May 01 Dallas, TX – Sons of Hermann Hall*
May 02 Austin, TX – Scholz Garten*
May 04 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress+
May 07 Pioneertown, CA – Pappy and Harriet’s+
May 08 Los Angeles, CA – First Congregational Church of LA+
May 09 San Francisco, CA – The Castro Theatre
May 10 Sonoma, CA – Gundlach Bundschu Winery+
May 12 Portland, OR – The Old Church+
May 13 Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater+
May 14 Vancouver, BC – Christ Church Cathedral+
May 15 Seattle, WA – The Neptune Theatre+
May 20 Maquoketa, IA – Codfish Hollow Barn
May 21 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe*
May 22 Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre*
Jun 24 Bristol, UK – The Fleece
Jun 25 Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
Jun 26 Manchester, UK – YES
Jun 27 London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
Jun 29 Paris, FR – Petit Bain
Jun 30 Wiesbaden, DE – Schlachthof
Jul 01 Hamburg, DE – Molotow
Jul 03 Gothenburg, SE – Pustervik
Jul 04 Oslo, NO – John Dee
Jul 06 Stockholm, SE – Hus 7
Jul 09 Berlin, DE – Frannz Club
Jul 10 Hannover, DE – Cafe Glocksee
Jul 11 Köln, DE – Artheater
Jul 15 Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Aug 6-8 Waynesville, OH – Bellwether Festival
* w/ Ohmme
^ w/ Radiator Hospital
~ w/ Bonny Doon
+ w/ Mirah