The new album is set to drop September 13 and will feature 14 tracks that tribute her home state.
Miranda Lambert has announced that her next album,Postcards from Texas,will arrive September 13. All week, the triple GRAMMY winner has been dropping hints of her exciting news through postcards and billboards posted up around town. We now know that with these messages, she is declaring her excitement to wrap up the traveling tales of her last album,Palomino, and return to her home state on her first projectat her new label home, Republic Records.
So far, fans have gotten sneak peek behind the curtain of the full 14-track collection with songs like“Wranglers” and “Dammit Randy.” Today, July 24, Lambert dusts off her boots and further raises the anticipation with the release of another new barn burner titled, “Alimony.”
A Lighthearted Take On The Messiness Of Divorce
Her latest drop amps up the energy and draws listeners to a honky tonk dance floor with the sounds ofJedd Hughes and Ethan Ballinger’srhythmic electric guitar riffs,Bukka Allen’s barrelhouse piano, Rachel Loy on bass and Conrad Choucroun’s on drums. Thebuoyant energy matches Lambert’s self-determination that she was raised on a true Texan as she offers humor amid thetale of a woman looking to get what she deserves from the man who scorned her.
“I called that lawyer up in Dallas, the one who’s livin’ in that palace / So I know he’s good at winnin’, if you think there’s somethin’ that you’re missin’,” Lambert sings on the pre-chorus before making her intentions crystal clear on the next set of lyrics, “You Start Steppin’ Out/ Only One Thing Can Console Me/ If You’re Gonna Leave Me In San Antone/ Remember The Alimony.”
How The Song Came To Be
Lambert recalled the moment she and her co-writers Natalie Hemby and Shane McAnally were struck with the inspiration to write “Alimony,” explaining they were out in her barn and admiring her horses when she asked if McAnally had any titles in his back pocket that they build a song out of.
“He said he had one, and I was like, ‘What is it? Because your last one was ‘Looking Back on Luckenbach,’ which I didn’t think you could top. He said, ‘Well, ‘If you’re gonna leave me in San Antone, remember the Alamo-neeeee…’’ Natalie and I were like, ‘Alright, Shane! Stop showing off.’
“We went back to the house and got the guitars,” Lambert continues, “and I specifically was like, ‘I want a shuffle, man.’ I love to shuffle so much, and this record needed a shuffle! I knew I wanted one in my set, because I haven’t done one in a while – andeverybodyloves a shuffle.”
Miranda Lambert Draws Inspiration From Her Childhood
The “Actin’ Up” singer had no problem coming up with the words to fit this title as she was well-equipped on all the goings on of messy divorces. She laughed as she explained that growing up, her parents’ were private investigators in Dallas, Texas who frequently were tasked with dealing with divorce cases within the areas known for being a bit more pretentious.
“So this wasn’t hard to write. I’d heard about it my whole life,” she shared before adding, ““And once we had the line –If you’re gonna leave me in San Antone, remember the alimony– we were off! We used every Texas metaphor we could come up with on purpose; we wanted to take something kind of sh*tty and put some humor back in it. I mean, the guy gets out pretty easy if all he does is move back in with his mom.”
The writers then assembled a “musical dream team” with GRAMMY-winning songwriter/producer Jon Randall to finish off the track in Austin’s legendary Arlyn Recording Studios. They set out to build a song that would add a bit of extra upbeat flare to Miranda Lambert’s new project, and they ended up with just that and more.
Postcards from TexasTrack List:
Produced by Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall; songwriters in parentheses
- Armadillo (Aaron Raitiere, Jon Decious, Parker Twomey)
- Dammit Randy (Miranda Lambert, Brendan McLoughlin, Jon Randall)
- Looking Back on Luckenbach (Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Natalie Hemby)
- Santa Fe feat. Parker McCollum (Miranda Lambert, Jesse Frasure, Jessie Jo Dillon, Dean Dillon)
- January Heart (Brent Cobb, Neil Medley)
- Wranglers (Audra Mae, Evan McKeever, Ryan Carpenter)
- Run (Miranda Lambert)
- Alimony (Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally)
- I Hate Love Songs (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
- No Man’s Land (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick)
- Bitch On The Sauce (Miranda Lambert, Jaren Johnston)
- Way Too Good At Breaking My Heart (Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Jesse Frasure, Jenee Fleenor)
- Wildfire (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
- Living On The Run (David Allen Coe, Jimmy L. Howard)
Upcoming Shows
The ACM Triple Crown winneris currently making her rounds on tour, with remaining summer dates including theRock the Country Festival, theIllinois State Fair,a show with Chris Stapleton on his All-American Road Show in Houston, Texas, and more.
Additionally, on October 5, Miranda Lambert will headline Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater in celebration of the 15thanniversary of her MuttNation Foundation. This show will feature Lambert performing alongside several friends withproceeds going towards helping dogs find forever homes.
