mxdwn Interview: Juliana Hatfield on New Album “Lightning Might Strike,” Concept of Fate and Potential New Covers Album

From a good interview with Juliana by Greg Poblete for mxdwn:

mxdwn: … As you continue to look forward, see what fate has in store for you in the future. What stories do you feel like you have yet to tell in your music that you hope to write about? Or are there any more artists that you feel like you want to make cover albums for? What does the future look like for you?

Juliana: I keep going back to the idea of doing “Juliana Hatfield Sings REM.” I think that one would be really fun for me to do. I do want to do another covers album for sure. And then I actually have a lot… I have a handful of songs that I was working on for this album. I was originally going to make this album, Lightning Might Strike, a double album. But I realized it was going to take me like four years to complete it. So I ended up just putting 12 songs, completing 12 songs. And then I have about almost a whole other album with the songs that I’m working on. So I’m thinking I might do a volume, some sort of volume two of Lightning Might Strike. It wouldn’t be called Lightning Might Strike Volume Two. I’ll probably have another title. So that’s another thing I’m working on.

mxdwn: That’s exciting. I mean, in a way, I know that they say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but in this way, it actually does.

Juliana: I like the idea that the second album would be the second Lightning Strike, which never happened.