Tigers Blood

Katie Crutchfield follows up the masterful Saint Cloud with more gorgeously expressive Americana.

While Saint Cloud was creating a new world, Tigers Blood is carving out the beauty in the chaos of this one. Both, I think, are indispensable.

Tigers Blood is a blaze of pain, love, and understanding that stands out from any album this year and is surely, if not already, to be considered a classic that should be taught in colleges.