Oxbow, a genre-confusing track about getting sober in Barcelona, serves as a thematic introduction to Saint Cloud’s discussion of addiction and codependency.
Barna in white
Married the night
What dreams become concrete, they may feel trite
Makes a dull mind
Well, I'll give it all to you for a while, that's fine
A speck in the oxbow, depressing by design
If I go along with it, am I lying to you?
Watching from a distance, whispering close
About anything else
But it's not that far
I want it all
I want it all
I want it all, oh
I want it all
I want it all
I want it all, oh
I want it all
I want it all
I want it all, oh
Oxbow was written by Katie Crutchfield.
Oxbow was produced by Brad Cook.
Waxahatchee released Oxbow on Fri Mar 27 2020.
On a Pitchfork article on which Katie Crutchfield broke down each song of the album, she said about “Oxbow”:
Pitchfork: Why open the record with this track?
Katie Crutchfield: I always knew that “Oxbow” was going to be the first song. I wanted it to be a big-sounding, genre-confusing song that mak...