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Country star Miranda Lambert will release her new album, "Crisco," on Oct. 2 via MCA. She shared the news on Thursday, June 25, and also told fans to expect a new single off the album, "Till the Going's Gone," out on Friday, June 26.

"From dance floors and dive bars to desert highways and kitchen-table conversations, Crisco celebrates the many worlds that have always existed within country music," a press release provided to Newsweek states of the album.

Themes on the album include "heartbreak and hope, highways and honky-tonks, rhinestones and reflection," making for an album that "feels both timeless and refreshingly alive," the release adds.

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Lambert produced the album along with Jesse Frasure. Speaking about the album, Lambert said that it was fun to create it but that she was also serious about following her "instincts" on it.

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"I've always loved every corner of country music," Lambert said in a statement about the album's release. "The heartbreak songs, the honky-tonk songs, the songs that make you think and the songs that make you dance. Making this record reminded me that those things don’t have to be separated."

She added: "We followed the songs wherever they wanted to go, trusted our instincts and ended up with something that feels really fun and really honest to who I am."

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As for writing the album, Lambert worked with a bevy of her longtime collaborators, including Aaron Raitiere, Josh Osborne, Natalie Hemby, Ashley Monroe and Waylon Payne. Her camp promises a record that "serves not to redefine country music but to widen its lens, showcasing an artist reconnecting with and embracing the full spectrum of sounds, stories and influences that have always existed within it."

"Crisco" is available for preorder now.

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