VIDEO OF THE DAY: “SAVE OUR SHIP” BY CATHERINE IRWIN

It’s been ten years since Catherine Irwin’s debut solo album, Cut Yourself a Switch, and as her sophomore Thrill Jockey release, 2012’s Little Heater, so clearly displays, that has been way too long. On the 2012 disc, the Connecticut-born Irwin, who cofounded the alterna-country band Freakwater with Eleventh Dream Day’s Janet Beveridge Bean a quarter-century ago, continues her exploration of folk, country, and American roots music, combining lovely melodies and lilting harmonies with stark, incisive lyrics. Recorded in Woodstock, the album features such gorgeous tracks as “Mockingbird,” “Sinner Saves a Saint,” “The Whole of the Law,” and the swamp-blues “Piss to Gin.” You can catch Irwin at Union Pool in Brooklyn on August 15, playing with the Phantom Family Halo and Old Baby. In addition, you can stream all of Little Heater here.