The Chicks, formally known as the Dixie Chicks, released their newest album, Gaslighter, this past Friday. This is their first album since releasing Taking The Long Way back in 2006. A lot has happened over the past 14 years to members Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, and Martie Maguire including divorces, having children, and scandal.

Gaslighter tells Natalie's stories of heartache and redemption, without leaving much to the imagination!

Here, I'll be discussing every track featured on The Chicks' new album. It's vulnerable, it's real, and, a little brutal!

The titular track, Gaslighter, is the perfect banger to open the album. It sets the tone up-front; it is direct in calling-out actor Adrian Pasdar, Natalie's ex-husband. She s extremely specific in describing her anger, with lyrics such as "you know exactly what you did on my boat' (which will be answered in another song) and "you made your bed and then your bed caught fire" It's so upbeat and spiteful, yet so good, and warns listeners the dangers of being involved with a gaslighter.

Track two, Sleep at Night, is essentially Natalie confronting Pasdar about how his actions have affected their family. She sings "...then I think about our two boys trying to become men. There's nothing funny about. How do you sleep at night?" as she wonders how the divorce and his example will influence their kids. So Adrian, how DO you sleep at night?

Texas Man lets the guys know that Natalie is ready to get back out there, but she's anything but shiny and new. The Chicks sing "Everybody wants a new model, but I'm a little bit more travelled", explaining that she hopes for a second chance with a man who respects her for what she's been through.

I cried the first time I heard Everybody Loves You. Maines is describing how she thinks she should feel about her ex versus how she actually feels about him.There are always two sides to the story, but there is typically only one being heard. Maines sings "Why does everybody love you, they don't know enough about you." This is actually a cover, originally written and recorded by Charlotte Lawrence.

In For Her, The Chicks are calling for women to stand up and show kindness towards any women who have been silenced, to be willing to listen and grow "for her", whoever she may be.

Track six is March March. The ladies are calling out the state of our nation, which is getting worse everyday. They sing "Standing with Emma and our sons and daughters, watchin' our youth have to solve our problems. I'll follow them so who's comin' with me?" They are referring to Emma González, Parkland school shooting survivor and activist, and The Chicks are looking to the new generation of leaders.

Natalie recalls how she met her ex-husband in My Best Friend's Wedding, and describes meeting him as lighting a "wildfire". AT the end, her best friend gets remarried; she sings "...guess from ashes, we really can grow", referencing how if her best friend can get a second chance, so can she.

Track eight, Tights On My Boat, answers the burning question alluded to in "Gaslighter": what happened on Natalie's boat? Pasdar cheated on her on his boat he named the Nautelee, in her honor. The campy song repeats, "you're gonna get what you've got coming to ya", as Natalie condemns her ex.

Julianna Calm Down has The Chicks playing fairy-godmother to the girls referenced in the song. Julianna and Violet are Emily's daughters. Katie, Eva, and Harper are Martie's daughters. The others are probably nieces or friends. They sing "...sometimes, what's going through your head is just a temporary situation, and light will soon be shed", saying that disappointment is inevitable, but they will be stronger because of it.

Natalie sings directly to her sons, Jackson and Beckett, in Young Man. She realizes they are coming of-age in the midst of their father's (very public) mistakes. She sings, "Take the best parts of him, as your own life begins, leave the bad news behind " in reference of how she wants them to grow from their family's downfall.

In Hope It's Something Good , she is letting go of the 20 years she spent with Pasdar. Natalie says this song is a part of her healing, and sings, "...and now that you're done, I get to write this song."

The final track, Set Me Free, Natalie references the two year legal battle to officially divorce Pasdar. She is begging him to sign the dotted line by singing, "If you ever loved me, will you do this one last thing? Set me free."