Song of the Week is Consequence’s weekly music discovery series looking at the latest and greatest new tunes. Find these new favorites and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist, and for other great songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Waxahatchee teams up with MJ Lenderman for a piece of timeless, alt-country bliss.
Love doesn’t always feel like being swept off your feet — as Waxahatchee tells it, even the most secure relationship can leave you anticipating disaster amid its stillness. And “Right Back to It,” the banjo-embellished lead single from Katie Crutchfield’s upcoming album Tigers Blood, is an anthem for the anxiously attached.
Crutchfield says that “Right Back to It” is “about the ebb and flow of a longtime love story,” and hers begins with memories of nervously holding her tongue in front of someone whose affection feels as readily available and enticing as a blank check dangling around their neck. Even as this partnership settles into place, Crutchfield is still fighting her own baseless worries; hell, even the metaphorical eggshells she’s tippy-toeing around are ones she’s laid out herself.
“I let my mind run wild/ I don’t know why I do it,” Crutchfield sings on the chorus, and you can almost hear her chuckling at herself over Wednesday guitarist MJ Lenderman’s saccharine vocal harmonies. Maybe your soulmate isn’t the person who makes those worries go away entirely, but the person who’s eager to get right back to to you in spite of them all.
— Abby Jones
Associate Editor
