Hit The Lights announced that they had signed to Universal Republic Records last year with intentions to record their new album months ago. The band just finished up recording their brand new album with The Machine and Mike Sapone, but at a much later time then they had originally hoped for. Kevin Mahoney from the band has now confirmed in a new interview that Hit The Lights ended up parting ways with Universal Republic before putting out one release. It is unclear which label the band will be signing to for the release. Check out the full interview here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More”.

You’ve been working on your new record for a while now – how has the band’s sound evolved since your last release?

We spent the last year having to write songs for a major label that we have since parted ways with. It left us very bitter and just tired of the whole industry. I think that kind of molded our head space for making this album. The majority of songs were written right before we went into the studio and reflect our lack of care for what any other bands are doing or what labels want us to be doing. There’s songs that are bigger and heavier, there’s songs that are quiet and kinda spacey, and there’s songs that are both, all while keeping it catchy. It’s not gonna be a record anyone expects. It’s gonna be a new version of Hit the Lights for sure.