Lady Antebellum arrive in stores with their brand new album, Golden, on Tuesday (May 7th). The band began putting together the album while they were on their first arena headlining tour, making writing and recording demos a part of their daily tour schedule. It helped to create an album full of songs that represents where they are in their career, and takes a look at where they’ve been, as well. “It’s like you can really see kind of what we’ve been through throughout our career as a band,” says Hillary Scott. “Whenever you go back and listen to every record, from the very first one to when you hear this one, it’s a journey.”

Lady A’s Charles Kelley says the album actually takes them back to the beginning. “Our evolution on this record was actually stripping it back down to the basics of how we started, and the basics of the song, and not throw in too many overdubs,” he explains. “We didn’t have any string sections on this record, which is a first for us. And so, I think it’s definitely all about the song and not trying to polish it up.”

Release day for Golden will begin with appearances on Good Morning America and The Ellen DeGeneres Show and end with an exclusive and intimate release show at New York City’s newest hot spot The McKittrick Hotel for the Lady Antebellum GOLDEN Release Show presented by Citi. The VIP event will give a select number of fans the first preview of songs off the new album and a donation will be made to Musicians on Call On behalf of the group’s charity initiative LadyAID. The next day, Lady A will begin their take-over on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and set up residency at 30 Rock with interviews and performances on both Wednesday (5/8) and Thursday (5/9) nights’ shows. The following week, Lady A will jet to the West Coast for an appearance on Chelsea Lately (5/13) and a performance on NBC’s The Voice (5/14) before continuing on to Toronto for more media appearances and events.

Lady A (Golden represents their lives) OC: …a journey. :19
“It represents where we are in our life. We’re all thankfully, not that we don’t have our rough days, but are in really great places, and so that journey, it’s like you can really see kind of what we’ve been through throughout our career as a band. Like whenever you go back and listen to every record, from the very first one to when you hear this one, it’s a journey.”

Lady A (evolution) OC: …polish it up. :16
“Our evolution on this record was actually stripping it back down to the basics of how we started, and the basics of the song, and not throw in too many overdubs. We didn’t have any string sections on this record, which is a first for us. And so I think it’s definitely all about the song and not trying to polish it up.”