By now, Rascal Flatts fans know what to expect, and that’s not a bad thing. When the popular country band releases an album, a stellar mix of slow, serious songs and upbeat songs can be expected.

After the three-man show released its fourth album, Me and My Gang, it’s safe to say the combination of Gary LeVox, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus has now formed a “Rascal Flatts” brand of music — one that leaves little doubt who is behind the powerfully gripping tunes.

The group’s first single off the new album, “What Hurts the Most,” is now spending its second week atop the Billboard Country charts. It talks about a love cut short by leaving and then by the death of the one who left.

The emotional song continues the group’s success in dealing with songs about some of life’s toughest moments. It comes on the heels of “Skin (Sarabeth),” which speaks of the ups and downs faced by a girl fighting leukemia.

Expect the hits to keep coming, too.

“Words I Couldn’t Say” could be the next in line to top the charts. This song chronicles the emotions faced by a man who let the love of his life leave without telling her how he truly felt about her.

“I should have found a way to tell you how I felt,” lead singer LeVox regrets. “Now the only one I’m telling is myself.”

Another potential hit is “Ellsworth.” The song brings to mind memories of The Notebook as it speaks of a grandmother who’s lost most of her memory. She does things such as burning biscuits and parking on the Interstate as her memory fails her, but the one thing she remembers is her husband.

“It’s like her mind just quit,” LeVox laments. “Oh, but bring up Grandpa / It’s like someone flipped a switch.”

The album even has a little bit of upbeat flavor noncountry fans can appreciate.

“Backwards” features a man talking about what a person gets by playing a country song backwards.

“You get your truck back / You get your hair back,” LeVox says. “You get your first and second wives back.”

Now, that’s the kind of humor anybody can appreciate.

So, this album has a little something for everybody — for the country fans and even for those who would never call themselves country fans.