Los Angeles-based band Lifehouse shot from obscurity to fame when they introduced their single "Hanging By a Moment," and with their new album Out of the Wasteland, the band hopes to recreate the magic of 2001.
"There was a kind of unlearning with this album," Lifehouse's frontman Jason Wade told Identify: LA. "We wanted to retrace our steps back to the beginning and really find the innocence, that feeling of being 16-year-old kids who get excited about playing in the garage."
Lifehouse will be releasing Out of the Wasteland on May 19, which will include new songs such as "Hurricane" and "Flight" that are reminiscent of their original sound. It also includes the harmonious track "Hourglass," and the song is particularly special for Wade since he got the chance to work on it with his idol, moviescore composer James Newton Howard.
Even though the new album represents a new era for Lifehouse, it still feels parallel to where they came from, and Wade says that creating it felt like they went "way back in the beginning as well."
Wade added that the whole band is pretty excited about releasing the new album after their two-year hiatus. They are now an independent band ever since they left their record label Interscope.
"Going independent was a huge deal for us, its exciting for us to unplug and recharge the battery," Wade admitted. "It was terrifying and freeing at the same time because with this album, we are in charge, we are hands on and we made it exactly the way we wanted it and that's what we released."
The frontman said that he was happy things worked out for the band, especially since they struggled for the past few years reclaiming their identities as musicians. "Lifehouse is everything to me, it's all I've ever known. I don't have a 'plan b'," he said.
