During an April 14 appearance on SiriusXM‘s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk”, ’80s hard rock queen Lita Ford spoke about the status of her long-awaited new studio album. Ford‘s upcoming follow-up to 2012’s “Living Like A Runaway” was once again helmed by guitarist/producer Gary Hoey, who contributes some guitar playing to the disc. Asked for an update on her new music, Lita said: “It’s coming. It’s coming soon. I’m hoping the fall. It’s done. I did a really killer duet with Doro Pesch. It’s great. She nailed it, and the song is fantastic. So I’m excited for everybody to hear that. And then I did another track with Jean Beauvoir (CROWN OF THORNS, PLASMATICS). We wrote a great song together. He’s super talented, and the song is magic. And, of course, Gary Hoey produced it, and there’s lots of guitar playing on it and stuff. Max Norman mixed it. So, it’s badass.”

After “Trunk Nation” host Eddie Trunk noted that “it’s been a long time” since Ford‘s last release, Lita concurred. “It’s been a while, but the music industry has changed so much, and I just wanted to put together a great team of people to promote this record,” she explained. “I didn’t wanna just give it to somebody and hope for the best. I wanted it to be a great team that’s gonna support this record. And we got a great team now.”

Referencing the way the music industry has changed in the past four decades, Ford added: “It’s just different in this day and age. Everything is different. But I’m just grateful that we’re still here, we’re still rocking, we still have our great fans. And they’re ready for some new rock and roll. So we’re gonna give it to ’em.”