Below is a new music video from Waxahatchee, a.k.a. Katie Crutchfield, for the irresistible, lo-fi ditty "La Loose," off her latest LP Ivy Tripp (Merge/Wichita). It was directed by Naomi Yang (of Galaxie 500/Damon & Naomi), and used the rural landscapes of Virginia and West Virginia as its backdrop. Yang shared, "’La Loose’ is a song of love and longing, though dark at its edges with feelings of ambivalence. I wanted the video to be a visual equivalent to the song lyric, "a charming picture of hysteria in love" — a spinning emotional kaleidoscope of desire and rejection, adoration and anger, hope and despair. For this reason I set the video in mirror-twin locations: an abandoned, haunted amusement park and a thriving farm out of a beautiful dream." Crutchfield has been taking a break from touring due to health issues that were affecting her voice, which led to the cancellation of of her most recent European tour (most of the dates were with Kurt Vile); however, she’ll be back on the road once again next month with Sleater-Kinney. (Photo by Scott Murry)
