Say LESS, Miranda.
Miranda Lambert is gearing up to put out a new (unofficially announced) album this year, which will be her first with new label Republic Records. She already put out the lead single, “Wranglers,” which is a fiery song about a woman taking her power back and settling the score when someone does her wrong.
Classic Miranda, and I already love the direction this new music is headed in. And it sounds like there’s a lot more where that came from…
In a recent interview with Variety, Miranda revealed that she made the record in Texas with longtime friend and collaborator Jon Randall, who produced it alongside her.
She added that it’s the first one she’s made in her home state since she recorded her self-titled independent album in 2001, when she was just 18 years old. And of course, because she’s a Texas girl through and through, Miranda says there’s a ton of steel guitar on it and it’s “pretty honky tonk.”
What more can you even ask for…
“I made this record in Texas, and it meant the world to me. I had not made a record in Texas since I was 18, my independent album.
So I went there with Jon Randall, who’s my partner at Big Loud Texas and my songwriting buddy and one of my best friends in the world, and he co-produced it with me.
I just felt like finally, I’m home. I feel like that on the label; I feel like that recording it in Texas.”
She explained that the music reflects what made her the artist we know and love now, and I think her new single “Wranglers” is already proof of that.
It sounds like being back in the Lone Star state pulled out that ultra-country side of her, while highlighting the fire that made her a country star to begin with (think “Kerosene” and “Gunpowder & Lead”). And I’m biased, but that’s the Miranda and music I first fell in love with so I’m really looking forward to hearing this record:
“And this music really reflects what made me the artist that I am. I feel like it’s pretty honky-tonk, which I’m very excited about.
Lots of steel guitar on there. It’s my favorite instrument, as you can tell.”
In terms of a specific release date, though, she says it should be out sometime in the fall:
“Hoping for fall — that’s when we’re shooting for. The sooner the better, for me. I’m excited and ready.”
I don’t know if I can wait that long…
Miranda most recently released her Palomino album back in 2022, so I’d say we’re long overdue for a new project at this point. She has been keeping busy with her clothing line Idyllwind, her Las Vegas residency which recently ended called Velvet Rodeo and Nashville bar Casa Rosa.
She’s also back out on the road, playing festival dates and recently headlining Stagecoach.
“Wranglers”
