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"  Photo: Frank Hill For their fourth studio album, Lessons (out on September 24), Missouri-based indie-rockers Ha Ha Tonka left it all on the table. &amp;quot;We wanted to get as crazy as we possibly could in the studio,&amp;quot; guitarist-singer Brian Roberts told ELLE.com when he checked in from Southern California. &amp;quot;We really wanted to make the biggest-sounding record we&amp;#039;d ever made.&amp;quot; The centerpiece of the album is its title track, a steady, rhythmic rocker, which you can now listen to exclusively below. The song has a driving, almost pulse-like drumbeat and a repeated lyrical mantra. &amp;quot;I keep learning the same lessons over again,&amp;quot; Roberts sings on the track. &amp;quot;It feels hypnotic as opposed to monotonous. There was a real pulse to that song. It felt like we were making the center of the record.&amp;quot; Lessons was recorded in two multi-day studio sessions in Omaha, Nebraska, and New York City, with producers Dan Molad (Lucius) and The Ryantist. When recording in Omaha, at Bright Eyes&amp;#039; ARC Studios, Ha Ha Tonka, which also includes guitarist Brett Anderson, bassist Luke Long and drummer Lennon Bone, had what Roberts called a &amp;quot;nonstop party-studio atmosphere.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;It worked out well,&amp;quot; he added, speaking of the 16 to 20-hour workdays. &amp;quot;We would just make as much sound, and get the energy level up as high as possible.&amp;quot;      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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