Singer/songwriter Allison Crutchfield, has signed with Merge Records. Crutchfield has been writing and performing songs over the years, most notably in her co-founding projects Swearin’ and P.S. Eliot, and most recently the Waxahatchee live band and self-released the Lean In To It EP, but 2017 will see the release of her first proper full-length.

Allison had this to say about the occasion: “Signing with Merge was always sort of a fantasy milestone in my mind, like winning an Oscar or opening a bakery in New England. It was something I dreamed about a hundred times as a teenager but never thought could actually happen. I’ve been fortunate enough to really get to know the Merge family over the last year, and now that I’m a grown-up, I’m so grateful to be able to call Merge home.”

Merge will be releasing more information on Allison’s LP coming later this year! Crutchfield and her band the Fizz on the road this October with several west coast dates supporting The Julie Ruin.

Allison Crutchfield & the Fizz on tour:

Oct 01 Philadelphia, PA – Everybody Hits
Oct 02 Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo
Oct 03 Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
Oct 04 St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
Oct 07 Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre*
Oct 08 Seattle, WA – The Showbox at Market*
Oct 09 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom*
Oct 11 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore*
Oct 12 Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre*
Oct 15 Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy*
Oct 18 Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
Oct 21 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
Oct 22 Dallas, TX – Foundry Beer Garden^
Oct 23 Memphis, TN – Murphy’s
Oct 24 Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia
Oct 25 Durham, NC – The Pinhook
* with The Julie Ruin
^ free show