Sugarland is back and Bigger than ever. The country duo has announced its fifth studio album Bigger will drop on June 8.
The project, their first following a five-year hiatus, features messages about empowerment, tragedy and brokenness.
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“I think there’s something with Sugarland that is a higher calling,” lead singer Jennifer Nettles told the Tennessean. “What we’ve been writing for this new record, it is clear we had things inside of us that we felt the world needed to hear. I think translating that pain into hope is something that Sugarland does really well.”
Nettles added that Bigger, which includes the first single "Still the Same," also “invites questions” and includes “serious grooves.”
Sugarland takes its new music on the road for the 2018 Still the Same Tour beginning in May, but Nettles and fellow member Kristian Bush aren’t sure what will happen after that.
“What we have done for our fans, I hope, is show them they can trust there are times when we will come apart, and there are times when we will come back together,” she said. “I love that we have done exactly what we said we were going to do. We took time and … we came back.”
Sugarland will also be appearing on American Idol (on CTV Two) to mentor contestants on the April 9 episode.
Original article by Dustin Stout at iHeartRadio