Miranda Lambert has announced that her new album – Palomino – will be out on 29th April. The new track ‘Strange’ is available now.
On each of her seven consecutive US No. 1 albums, Miranda Lambert has explored a new theme while pushing herself across varying sonic landscapes. On her new 15-song album, Palomino, due Friday, April 29th, Lambert has crafted a record that explores the world and the people in it, seeking beauty and adventure all around. As the project begins, “there’s always been a stranger in my soul / who loves a good goodbye and a good hello,” she sings in “Tourist.” On Palomino, her inner stranger travels lyrically from Fort Worth to the Mojave Desert; Battambang, Cambodia to Maine; the Crystal Palace in Bakersfield to the Rocky Mountains and beyond. In each destination and with every character met along the way, Lambert’s freewheeling trek is a work of unbridled freedom and self-discovery without painful introspection.
“The making of this record has been one of the most fun and creative experiences of my career,” reflects Lambert. “Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby, and I went out to my farm in Tennessee in 2020 and started writing songs. We figured while we have time let’s get out to the country and see what happens. The first one we wrote was ‘Tourist’ and that set us on a path to create something with a bit of a theme. Since we couldn’t travel at the time, we decided to go on a journey through songs. I hope y’all are ready to travel with us wandering spirits and meet some cool characters with great stories.”
On the record, Lambert worked with longtime songwriting collaborators Luke Dick and Jon Randall to co-produce with her, Lambert once again pushes the envelope of what country music can contain. Whether the bump-and-grind thump of the one who can’t be extinguished on “I’ll Be Loving You,” the skunk weed strut of Marfa sessions’ revisited “Geraldene,” the gorgeously hushed vintage bar-room heartbreak of “That’s What Makes the Jukebox Play,” or the sunny life code that informs the ever-curious songwriter on “Tourist,” Lambert has fashioned a true song cycle, a journey of one woman questing for happiness and the folks she meets along the way. With a core band of drummer Fred Eltringham (The Black Crowes), bass/keyboardist Ian Fitchuk (Sam Hunt, Joy Oladokun, Birdy) and guitarist Rob McNelley (Joe Bonamassa, Beth Hart, Buddy Guy) joining, they worked close to the bone, exploring what the songs could be while retaining Lambert’s serious country flavours. “I love everything about Marfa: some friends around a campfire, no fixes, no protocols, no filters. It was raw and real, and I wanted to take some of that with me,” remarks Lambert. “‘In His Arms,’ ‘Waxahachie’ and ‘Geraldene’ got to go on this journey with us, cutting them with a full band – and usually the public doesn’t get to hear that part, which I’m really excited about.”
For Lambert – and lovers of her wild-eyed country – Palomino is as much about the journey as the destination and the characters along the way. Her fans will be both in awe and delighted.
Track Listing
Actin’ Up (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Jon Randall)
Scenes (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
In His Arms (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
Geraldene (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
Tourist (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
Music City Queen feat. The B-52’s (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
Strange (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
Wandering Spirit (Mick Jagger, James Rippeto)
I’ll Be Lovin’ You (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Jon Randall)
That’s What Makes the Jukebox Play (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
Country Money (Miranda Lambert, Aaron Raitiere, Mikey Reaves)
If I Was a Cowboy (Miranda Lambert, Jesse Frasure)
Waxahachie (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
Pursuit of Happiness (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
Carousel (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby)
