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\n\tIt\u2019s nearing the end of summer and Houndmouth<\/a> lead singer and guitarist Matt Myers is walking up Main Street in Burlington, Vermont. Behind him is Waterfront Park where he\u2019ll play later that evening opening for the Head and the Heart.<\/a> He\u2019s meeting up with family nearby for a quick bite and conversation with familiar faces amid a nationwide tour. With a few beads of sweat rolling down his neck, he stops on the corner of St. Paul Street, and starts to talk about falling in love.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cThat changed everything. To finally be accepted, no matter what, by my wife and my friends,\u201d the 38-year-old tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cBecause I\u2019ve always shown the same thing to people, and to get that reciprocated, that fucking rocks.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tMyers got hitched two years ago. It\u2019s his second marriage, and he has two young daughters from the first. He\u2019s found solace and balance in his life now, and it\u2019s that harmony that provides the lyrical undercurrent of Lordy<\/em>, Houndmouth\u2019s new album. Released on Dualtone Records, it\u2019s one of the centerpieces of the label\u2019s 25th anniversary year.<\/p>\n \n\tFor the indie-rocker, the record is about recognizing the face in the mirror and making peace with the eyes looking back at you. Nowadays, Myers is proudly acknowledging the salt and pepper in his hair, the well-earned wrinkles of tours across America and back again. It\u2019s a long way from his baby-faced nature when he formed Houndmouth in 2011. But he\u2019s OK with that, and with the fact that you don\u2019t have to be sad to write great songs.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI knew that it was a misconception, but you still can\u2019t escape it sometimes,\u201d Myers says. \u201cIt\u2019s not that you have to be sad to create, but I\u2019m happy at home. Now when I\u2019m writing, the song doesn\u2019t have to be grandiose. You don\u2019t have to overthink. You can just write, edit, and then let the song be what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tMyers still lives in the town where Houndmouth was conceived \u2014 New Albany, Indiana, situated right across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. That geographical and musical crossroads of the Midwest and the South has been an incubator for numerous rock acts who have emerged from the Louisville scene. Back then, Myers was doing \u201cthe standard cover band thing\u201d at spots like Huber\u2019s Winery and local bars.<\/p>\n