Katie Crutchfield delivers the first words of "3 Sisters," the first song on Waxahatchee's sixth album ... It ain't fair and not budging," she sings, and a bit later, "All my life I've been ...

That shift in style connected, as Saint Cloud — created with Detroit’s Bonny Doon as the backing band — was universally hailed as the best Waxahatchee album to date. Crutchfield saw her audience ...