American Aquarium – Lamentations (LP Vinyl)
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BJ Barham has spent over a decade building American Aquarium into one of the most honest voices in Southern rock and country, earning a devoted following through relentless touring and lyrics that never flinch. Recorded during one of the most fractured moments in recent American history, Lamentations finds Barham drawing on his North Carolina roots and working-class perspective to reckon with the forces that pull people apart and, sometimes, hold them together.
Lamentations is a 10-song rumination on the current state of the world around me. I was raised in the faith and the book of Lamentations was always one that caught my attention. A broken man crying out to the heavens, asking why God sat back and let his country fall apart. Questioning the sheer existence of a higher power in the lowest of times. How could an all loving God sit back and let an entire nation's cry for help go unanswered? I saw many parallels in that story and the current climate of this country in 2020. There are a large group of people who were promised something in 2016. They are still waiting for those promises to be fulfilled. This is a record about the things that break people. Religion, politics, addiction, love, money, family, history. I believe it is an empathetic look at the other side. A group of stories about losing everything and still finding the will to stand back up and fight for the things that matter the most. - BJ BarhamBack in print and pressed on limited edition Dusty Denim Vinyl
Tracklist
Side A
Side B
UPC: 607396597116
Label: New West Records
Release Date: 11.28.25
Format: LP Vinyl