What\u2019s undeniable is that we\u2019re in a retro moment in country, and Miranda Lambert is betting hard that moment includes a little nostalgia for both sides of the John Travolta dance movie craze. Retrospectively speaking though, we can now see that Lambert\u2019s new song \u201cCrisco\u201d wasn\u2019t her first salvo from this new era. In the summer of 2015 when she released \u201cA Song To Sing<\/a>\u201d with Chris Stapleton and it\u2019s heart-shaped mirror ball artwork, that was really the beginning of it for Lambert. <\/p> But just like \u201cA Song To Sing,\u201d new song \u201cCrisco\u201d feels like empty calories. For someone who is such a champion of great songs and great songwriters, Miranda Lambert once again records a song that feels lesser than. Five songwriters contributed to \u201cCrisco\u201d\u2014Lambert, Jesse Frasure, Kris Wilkinson, Chill Fellacheck, and Aaron Raitiere. But this might be an instance where there\u2019s too many cooks in the kitchen. <\/p> Sonically, the idea of combining country and disco is not a bad one. The strings are not too far from country\u2019s countrypolitan influence, and when the piano\/steel guitar break comes in, it explores the cool possibilities of mixing these two separate styles from the same era. \u201cCrisco\u201d is bouncy and fun, and is supposed to be a dance song, not some singer-songwriter Americana track. Taking it too seriously comes at the risk of missing the point.