After making albums and touring together for more than seven years, the members of Jukebox the Ghost no longer describe their bonds as friendship. The indie-pop trio today premieres its new self-titled album on Speakeasy.

“When people refer to us as friends, that’s so weird, because we’re so far beyond that,” singer and pianist Ben Thornewill says. “We just know each other far too well.”

The relationship among Thornewill, singer and guitarist Tommy Siegel and drummer Jesse Kristin has deepened to the point where the musicians can be honest with each other about the music without hurting anyone’s feelings, Thornewill says. That proved useful while they were making “Jukebox the Ghost” when they had to whittle down a stockpile of 50 songs to the 11 that appear on the album.

Then they worked for weeks poking, prodding and honing those songs, resulting in a bold, bright album full of pop hooks. Thornewill’s piano is a central focus, though there’s plenty of guitar, synthesizers and soaring vocal harmonies. “It’s more self-aware,” Thornewill says. “I think the parts are better, the arrangements are more out there than what we usually do. We took more risks.”

“Jukebox the Ghost” is lighter in tone than the band’s previous album, 2012’s “Safe Travels.” “Our last record, we realized we wanted to make a more serious record lyrically, topically, so we did that,” Thornewill says. “This time we wanted to make a record people could put on at parties, albeit weird parties.”