The Band Perry recently opened up about their new album, the follow-up to their 2013 work Pioneer. The siblings are bringing in up-and-coming songwriter Audra Mae to help out on the record. Mae is known for writing Miranda Lambert's tune "Little Red Wagon." She also collaborated with The Forest Rangers a few times for FX's Sons of Anarchy as well as for her solo material.
According to Taste of Country, Kimberly Perry called into iHeartRadio's Electric Barnyard with Broadway show to talk about the progress.
"[It's] goin' great, you know," she said. "We're slowly but surely recording band here in the Band Perry. I'd say we have about half of it done. It'll definitely — you guys will have new music certainly in the first half of 2015."
The trio is especially excited to co-write tunes with Mae.
"We have interesting things happening and, you know, the co-writes are one thing that we're really excited about as well," Kimberly added. "A new girl that's been here in Nashville writing, her name is Audra Mae, she's a very spirited young lady. So we've just made a lot of new writing friendships and can't wait for you guys to hear it."
Mae has a handful of records and EPs to her credit on SideOneDummy Records. According to AllMusic, Mae has written numbers for Clay Aiken, Celine Dion and Avicii.
The singer-songwriter also covered Bob Dylan's "Forever Young" and Don Henley's "The Uncloudy Day" for Sons of Anarchy. Mae will also appear on The Forest Rangers's upcoming album.
Since the release of Pioneer, The Band Perry has released a cover version of Glen Campbell's "Gentle on My Mind" for a documentary about the country icon's life. The trio received a Grammy nod for the tune.
