SPILL NEWS: JULIANA HATFIELD SHARES “FALL APART” | THIRD SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM ‘LIGHTNING MIGHT STRIKE’

JULIANA HATFIELD SHARES “FALL APART” | THIRD SINGLE FROM NEW ALBUM LIGHTNING MIGHT STRIKE

AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS

While much of the forthcoming album, Lightning Might Strike, captures a period of change, “Fall Apart” specifically revisits old traumas. “Trauma is a big word,” she explains to WBUR (Boston’s National Public Radio). “It means a lot of different things to different people, depending on how you look at it. And it’s a bit of a trendy word. But it’s a real phenomenon.”

Juliana has a knack for taking difficult situations. In this case, a guitar tossed into the deep end of a pool as a metaphor for being discarded, delivered through uplifting melodies. It’s this duality of dark and light that WBUR notes is a common thread running through her career: “While the subject may be serious, Hatfield’s penchant for writing catchy and upbeat pop songs remains strong some 21 albums into her career.”

While the subject matter is dark, Juliana feels the song is optimistic: “I do make a point to say I fall apart now and then. It’s not that I have fallen apart and you can never put me back together,” she said. “I’m just talking about things that are real. Yes, I fall apart sometimes, but I get back on the horse. This is life.”

Lightning Might Strike will be available December 12th via American Laundromat Records. Pre-orders are currently available for CD, cassette, and LP in four vinyl color options. Signed copies are also available. Learn more at American Laundromat Records.

To celebrate the release, Juliana Hatfield performs at The Burren in Somerville on Sunday, December 14th. Joining her on stage will be Chris Anzalone (drums), Ed Valauskas (bass), who also played on the album.

Juliana Hatfield is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, and founding member of the indie rock band Blake Babies, known for her work with The Juliana Hatfield Three and solo career. She has also collaborated with The Lemonheads, Matthew Caws (Nada Surf) for the duo Minor Alps, Paul Westerberg for The I Don’t Cares, and Heidi Gluck and Freda Love Smith in the trio Some Girls.

In 1993, the album Become What You Are was a commercial success led by the singles “My Sister” and “Spin the Bottle,” with the latter also featured on the Reality Bites soundtrack. In addition to her catalogue of original work, she has released three cover albums: Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John (2018), Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police (2019), and Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (2023). Lightning Might Strike (2025) is her latest solo release.

Tour Date

To celebrate the release, Juliana Hatfield performs at The Burren in Somerville on Sunday, December 14th. Joining her on stage will be Chris Anzalone (drums), Ed Valauskas (bass), who also played on the album.

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