Miranda Lambert left her longtime label home and signed with a new team before putting together her latest album, Postcards from Texas which dropped today (September 13). Ahead of the record’s release, Lambert said she was going to record in the Lone Star State for the first time since her self-released debut album. Moreover, she said that the new album would be “very country.”
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This morning, fans across the country and around the world woke up and pressed play on Postcards from Texas. Within seconds, they learned that Lambert was telling the truth. The album’s 14 tracks provide plenty of variety. However, the common theme that lends cohesion to the album is that it is, without a doubt, very country.
Lambert appeared on Today with Hoda & Jenna this morning to talk about the new album. During their conversation, she revealed how she landed on the title Postcards from Texas.
Miranda Lambert on How She Arrived at the Apt Title for Her New Album
During the interview, Miranda Lambert said she went into making this album with a vision. “I was like, ‘I really want to make a record that has little pieces of every influence, musically, that I’ve ever had,’” she explained. “So, it’s like little snapshots of all the influences over the last two decades of my career. That’s why I called it Postcards from Texas. It felt like each [song] was a separate little vignette,” she added.
Lambert also discussed what it was like going back to her home state of Texas to make the new album. “I haven’t made a record in Texas since I was 18. So, it felt really full circle. I was like ‘This is my tenth studio record so I’m going back to the root of where it all started and where it all came from,’” she explained. “I felt at home, number one. And it felt easy. I’m a co-producer with my great friend Jon Randall who is also a Texas boy. We just got some really great local musicians and brought a few people from Nashville.”
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