Last summer, NYC-based songwriter Allegra Krieger impressed us with her latest album, I Keep My Feet on the Fragile Plane, a Grouper-esque collection of indie-folk tunes that require a read-along of the lyrics sheet with every listen. After a brief set of dates opening for Hand Habits and Angel Olsen following the album’s release, Krieger embarked on a more extensive set of dates last month on a US trek with Katy Kirby (whose new album we were also impressed with), wrapping up earlier this month ahead of an appearance at the anti-SXSW circuit in Austin over the course of SXSW.
As it always does, hijinks ensued. Contrasting with the both artists’ starkly confessional lyrics and earnest folk recordings, the camera roll that Krieger returned home with probably leaves us with more questions than answers as to what all went on between taking the stage in various corners of our country, though boot knives, haunted hotels, and short-lived matrimonies were evidently involved.
Find more highlights from the trip below, and see Krieger’s upcoming dates in the UK and Europe here.
Dope horse statue
Margaux and Austin with “GAT” in Atlanta
Katy’s boot knife
Logan, Margaux, Austin, and Dorio crew in Austin
Logan and Katy looking haunted at Hotel Congress in Tucson, AZ
Our exquisite corpse on display at the Best Western in LA
Lane with a vintage It’s a Wonderful Life cardboard ornament, which traveled in the van with us
An apple on a branch somewhere in the Pacific Northwest
Logan and I’s wedding in Santa Barbara, CA (only a few short weeks before our divorce)
Crew + Grey; we were leaving Walla Walla, headed back East
Margaux and Grey in love in a field
Me in the bathroom at the Shriners club in Boise, ID
Austin and Katy at the top of a staircase in Denver
Katy in beautiful light
Girlypops in Omaha
Fateful night of vodka shots and pierogies in Detroit
Crew after Bowery Ballroom show
Me and my roomie Margaux
On a rock in the ocean in Santa Barbara
Logan wrestling a kite I bought at a gas station
Me in a tree
