Miranda Lambert is making snail mail cool again with the release of her brand new album, Postcards from Texas, available now.
LISTEN NOW: Miranda Lambert takes fans into her new album, 'Postcards from Texas'
The title is a nod to the three-time GRAMMY winner’s home state, which played a large part in the inspiration behind each of the project’s 14 tracks. It’s also where Lambert recorded the entire album - something she hasn’t done since she was 18 as Nashville had become her standard, until she recently signed a deal with Republic Records.
“I haven’t made a record in Texas since I was 18 [which was] my little independent, first record I ever made,” she shared. “I felt like this being really the 10th album I’ve made and with a whole new label, a whole new team — I just wanted to go back to the root of where it all started and start fresh.”
Fans got a first taste of the project, which is the follow up to 2022’s Palomino, earlier this year with the release of lead single, “Wranglers,” which is currently climbing the charts and a song that captures one of the things Country fans love most about Miranda — her fiery side.
“I kind of built a career on my woman-scorned feisty side — that’s my bread and butter — that’s where I started, really with 'Kerosene.' It’s such a part of who I am as a person and also as an artist,” she said of the song that captures the wrath of a heartbroken woman. “I haven’t really done a song with that fiery subject in a while. ‘Wranglers’ landed right at the right time for me…. Wranglers felt like, ‘OK, I’m back. I need this song.’”
It’s not all anger on the new record — it also comes with its fair share of humor with playful lyrics taking center stage on songs like “Looking Back on Luckenbach,” and “Armadillo.” “There’s a lot of humor on this record and it’s really fun… I try to put some in every record but this one seems a little more. lighthearted in a lot more songs than I normally do and I think that’s just because I’m happy.”
Hear “Wranglers,” “Looking Back on Luckenbach,” “Armadillo,” and 11 other Lonestar state inspired songs by checking out Lambert’s new album, Postcards from Texas, available now.
Postcards From Texas track list:
1. Armadillo
2. Dammit Randy
3. Looking Back on Luckenbach
4. Santa Fe feat. Parker McCollum
5. January Heart
6. Wranglers
7. Run
8. Alimony
9. I Hate Love Songs
10. No Man’s Land
11. Bitch on the Sauce
12. Way Too Good at Breaking My Heart
13. Wildfire
14. Living on the Run