Juliana Hatfield Proclaims New Album, Shares Video for New Track “Scratchers”
Lightning May Strike Due Out December 12 through American Laundromat
Sep 09, 2025
Images by David Doobinin
Juliana Hatfield has introduced a brand new album, Lightning May Strike, and shared its first single, “Scratchers,” through a music video. Lightning May Strike is due out December 12 through American Laundromat. Beneath try the brand new single, adopted by the album particulars.
Lightning May Strike is Hatfield’s twenty first album. She sings and performs guitar, keyboards, percussion, and bass. Chris Anzalone performs drums on the album and Ed Valauskas contributes bass. Pat DiCenso blended and mastered the LP.
Hatfield had this to say in regards to the album in a press launch: “It was a troublesome time for me once I began engaged on this album. I had simply uprooted myself from town condo constructing the place I’d been residing for 20 years to a home in a extra rural city two hours away the place I knew nobody when one in all my greatest pals died (‘Ashes’), after which my canine died (‘Fixed Companion’), then my mom was recognized with esophagus most cancers (‘Scratchers’). I used to be fairly depressed for a strong 12 months (‘Lengthy Gradual Nervous Breakdown’) and was misplaced and really lonely (‘Harmonizing With Myself’). I used to be interested by destiny and circumstance and about how I’d ended up the place I used to be (‘The place Are You Now’).”
Hatfield’s final album was the 2023 covers album, Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO, which adopted Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John (2018) and Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police (2019). Her final album of authentic songs was 2023’s Blood.
Learn our 2023 interview with Hatfield.
Lightning May Strike Tracklist:
1. Fall Aside (3:38)
2. Lengthy Gradual Nervous Breakdown (2:30)
3. Popsicle (3:20)
4. My Home Is Not My Dream Home (3:36)
5. Harmonizing With Myself (3:31)
6. Scratchers (3:31)
7. Fixed Companion (4:01)
8. The place Are You Now (3:53)
9. Sturdy Too Lengthy (3:27)
10. Wouldn’t Change Something (4:09)
11. Ashes (2:55)
12. All I’ve Bought (2:38)
