Interesting Tidbits About Miranda Lambert’s Upcoming Album

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For years previous, any time a mainstream artist like Miranda Lambert would record a song or collaborate with a more independent or up-and-coming name in country music, it was a big deal. It conveyed not just name recognition, but career validation to many of these artists. Miranda Lambert truly codified multiple careers in this process.

Whether it was through her side project The Pistol Annies with Ashley Monroe and Angaleena Presley, her championing of songwriters, or going to see folks like John Moreland in person, Miranda has always been one for sharing her star power with others, and extending the ladder down as opposed to pulling it up behind her.

These days, so many independent artists are doing so well and have so many avenues to find success and exposure, perhaps this action by a mainstream star isn’t as significant as it once was. In some instances you have a non radio supported artist like Zach Bryan conveying landmark chart performances to mainstream artists like Kacey Musgraves, not vice versa.

Miranda Lambert has a new album called Postcards from Texas coming out September 13th. At this point, Miranda Lambert can (and should) be done pretending she will be able to court country radio with a big single. Clearly country radio has moved on, though many country music fans have moved on from country radio too. But one thing that Miranda has not moved on from is doing things a little differently, and digging a little deeper to find worthy songwriters to showcase.

There has been big talk about Miranda Lambert returning to her “Texas roots” and her Kerosene era on the new album. As with all of these proclamations, it’s often advantageous to wait and see. But there are some interesting tidbits about the album that signal that Miranda might mean business.


Postcards from Texas was produced by Jon Randall.

A big deal was made when Miranda switched from her long time producer Frank Liddell to Jay Joyce for her 2019 record Wildcard. If the hope was it would result in a revitalization of her career, that didn’t exactly happen. Miranda started working with Texas native songwriter Jon Randall on her last album, 2022’s Palomino. But this album will be where the pairing solidifies their collaboration without the influence of Nashville guys. This might mean Miranda Lambert can finally leave the hit chasing behind.

It was recorded at Arlyn Studios in Austin, TX.

The legendary studio right around the corner from The Continental Club and Home Slice Pizza has enough legendary status to be notable, while still be leagues away from Nashville’s overproduced soundboards that often give music that ultra slick sound. If you want your record to sound like Texas and not just be from Texas, Arlyn would be the smart pick. This is where Charley Crockett recorded his last two albums.

Aaron Raitiere, Parker Twomey, Brent Cobb, and Jenee Fleenor all receive songwriter credits.

There are still plenty of Nashville names in the liner notes of Miranda’s new album like Shane McAnally, Luke Dick, Natalie Hemby, and others. But as has always been the case with Miranda Lambert albums, you also see some really cool and unexpected names.

The opening song of Postcards from Texas called “Armadillo” was written by Aaron Raitiere, Jon Decious, Parker Twomey. Though Raitiere isn’t completely foreign to getting album cuts on mainstream albums at this point, to see Texas-born Parker Twomey’s name is definitely an achievement in the young man’s career. Along with touring with Paul Cauthen for a few years, Twomey released a debut album in 2022 called All This Life.

Brent Cobb gets a big cut on a song called “January Heart” that he co-wrote with long time mainstream songwriter Neil Medley. Jenee Fleenor may be most known as mainstream country’s landmark fiddle player these days, but she also receives a songwriter cut on the song “Way Too Good At Breaking My Heart.”

Miranda Lambert covers David Allan Coe.

Boy, if you want to signal a shift in direction as a mainstream country artist, throwing a David Allan Coe cut in the mix is a good way to do it, especially when it’s a song like “Living On The Run.” First recorded by Coe on his 1976 album Longhaired Redneck, there are also some earlier live version of the song swirling out there. Co-written with Jimmy L. Howard, it’s one of Coe’s most underrated songs.

TRACK LIST:

  1. Armadillo (Aaron Raitiere, Jon Decious, Parker Twomey)
  2. Dammit Randy (Miranda Lambert, Brendan McLoughlin, Jon Randall)
  3. Looking Back on Luckenbach (Miranda Lambert, Shane McAnally, Natalie Hemby)
  4. Santa Fe feat. Parker McCollum (Miranda Lambert, Jesse Frasure, Jessie Jo Dillon, Dean Dillon)
  5. January Heart (Brent Cobb, Neil Medley)
  6. Wranglers (Audra Mae, Evan McKeever, Ryan Carpenter)
  7. Run (Miranda Lambert)
  8. Alimony (Miranda Lambert, Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally)
  9. I Hate Love Songs (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
  10. No Man’s Land (Miranda Lambert, Luke Dick)
  11. Bitch On The Sauce (Miranda Lambert, Jaren Johnston)
  12. Way Too Good At Breaking My Heart (Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall, Jesse Frasure, Jenee Fleenor)
  13. Wildfire (Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Jon Randall)
  14. Living On The Run (David Allan Coe, Jimmy L. Howard)
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