LZZY HALE On Upcoming HALESTORM Album: 'I Don't Think I've Ever Heard Us This Way'

HALESTORM singer Lzzy Hale was interviewed by Terrie Carr for the latest edition of "Box Of Rock" on WDHA-FM 105.5 FM, the rock music station licensed to Dover and Morristown, New Jersey. You can now watch the chat below.

Asked about HALESTORM's upcoming third album, Lzzy said: "We've had such a great time making this record. We totally threw everything that we thought was normal on the last two records away. We didn't do it in L.A.; we ended up doing it in Nashville."

She continued: "Everybody thinks we're doing a country record. We're not. I don't have a twang in my voice; I don't think that would be possible. But, man, I'll tell you what, Nashville is such a cool town and it's actually so much more rock and roll-oriented than a lot of cities around the country anymore, and they've kind of welcomed us with open arms; there's such a crazy community."

Hale added: "The other thing that we did differently, besides doing it in a different, [we] also [used] a diferent producer. We worked with Jay Joyce [who previously worked with CAGE THE ELEPHANT and country star Eric Church], and we also recorded it differently. We haven't recorded like this since we were teenagers. We were, all four of us, in the same room, [and we] recorded all the basic tracks live to tape. And then all the vocal performances are live too — beginning to end; nothing was cut up. And it was really cool. It also was very hard to do, because you think that'd be, like, just a real simple, 'Oh, yeah, just go in and play.' But it's, like, to get everything to ride on that same wave, we made some magic happen, so I'm so stoked."

According to Lzzy, making the new HALESTORM album sound as close to the band's live performance as possible "was a goal that we set out to do, and Jay Joyce was ballsy enough to actually take it on. It's just amazing to hear all the excitement in these new songs. I remember turning to the other guys and I said, 'I don't think I've ever heard us this way' — you know what I mean?! — short of doing a live record. And we experimented a lot."

She continued: "People always ask, 'Okay, so it's your third record. Did you stray from who you are?' And I've been telling them, no, it's actually now a lot more of who we are. So be prepared. I'm warning you right now. It's very unapologetic and just warts and all us."

Hale also spoke about the new track "I Like I Heavy", which HALESTORM has been performing live during some of its recent shows.

"That song kind of came in at the 11th hour and it was a very song to write," she said. "And we kind of went back to a lot of our classic roots with that one."

As previously reported, HALESTORM is set for a second run supporting Eric Church on his blockbuster "Outsiders World Tour". The new dates begin January 8 at New Orleans' Smoothie King Center and then continue through early February. The "Outsiders World Tour" carries on the phenomenal pairing of HALESTORM and Eric Church, a collaboration begun when the country superstar teamed with HALESTORM frontwoman Lzzy Hale for a show-stopping duet performance of his hit single "That's Damn Rock & Roll" on this summer's 2014 "CMT Music Awards".

HALESTORM released a vinyl edition of both of their previously released covers EPs. "ReAniMate: The CoVeRs Collection (2011-2014)" is available via the band's webstore.