Butch Walker is preparting to release his new album titled I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart, an album that is being dubbed by Walker as a cross between 'classic country and 70's glam rock.'  Featuring eleven new songs co-written by Walker and his songwriting partner Michael Trent, the album will be released exclusively on vinyl on February 2, followed by a cd/digital release on February 23.

Unlike Walker's previous, critically acclaimed solo works, I Liked It Better... was recorded quickly and collaboratively, with his band The Black Widows. "We literally went into the studio the day after our tour ended," explained Walker. "The wheels were greased." The album was recorded mostly "live" over just five days, using first and second takes. Strings were subsequently added at Abbey Road Studios in the UK.

Walker, who recently became a father, devoted the last song on the album to his newborn son on a song called "Be Good Til Then."  Walker says the lyrics of the track are a lullaby to his son that imparts some advice "my dad would have given me if he could have put it in a song."

Overall, the album reportedly reflects a broad swath of Walker's favorite music including the country-tinged work of songwriters like Gram Parsons and Kris Kristofferson, and the gold-standard '70s pop of ELO and T. Rex.