{"id":2458435,"date":"2026-06-14T02:26:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2458435"},"modified":"2026-06-14T02:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:26:54","slug":"american-aquarium-finds-new-ways-to-lose-on-upcoming-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/american-aquarium-finds-new-ways-to-lose-on-upcoming-album\/","title":{"rendered":"American Aquarium Finds \u201cNew Ways To Lose\u201d on Upcoming Album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After 20 years, and 20 albums, American Aquarium<\/a> and frontman BJ Barham still won\u2019t get a clue that large swaths to the United States is entirely uninterested in the medicine they\u2019re trying to shove down their throats. But that\u2019s never stopped them from trying, and there\u2019s no stopping now. After all, it might be a diaspora, or thin in population compared to the pop country acts filling people\u2019s faces full of sugar. But American Aquarium fans are ride or die, and won\u2019t pass up any opportunity to hear new music, or see them in-person. <\/p>

Just announced, the band\u2019s new album New Ways to Lose<\/em> will be released on June 26th\u2014a relatively quick turnaround time from announcement to street date. But BJ Barham\u2019s got some things to say, and sooner than later is the time. Once again produced by Shooter Jennings, and recorded mostly live over 10 days in Los Angeles, the sessions were said to be loose, live, and organic as opposed to striving for perfection. Shooter wanted to capture those spit pellets from BJ\u2019s palate as he pours his soul out in songs. <\/p>

\u201cAll of my records are yearbooks,\u201d<\/em> BJ says. \u201cTwenty years from now, I\u2019ll pull them off the shelf and remember exactly who I was when I wrote them \u2026 No matter what success you find, you\u2019re always looking up the ladder at what you don\u2019t have.\u201d<\/em> That speaks to the hunger that has persisted in this band, even as they\u2019ve found grassroots success that is the envy of many others. <\/p>\n\n\n

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American Aquarium isn\u2019t as much country music as it is rock & roll with steel guitar, Southern roots, and a strong singer\/songwriter disposition. New songs on the album address things very personal to BJ like his wife and the loss of a family pet, to the socioeconomic problems and general empire decline taking root in the United States. \u201cWoke up today and they\u2019re tearing down another thing I love about this town,\u201d<\/em> BJ sings in the album\u2019s debut single, \u201cHistory Repeats Itself.\u201d \u201cLittle men in ill-fitting suits, making the decisions for me and you. Tall and skinny, cheap and fast. Who gives a damn how long they\u2019ll last? Get the money, get out of town. Be long gone before it all falls down.\u201d <\/em><\/p>

The title of the new album was inspired by the NC State Wolfpack announcer Gary Hahn who often gives the team credit for finding a new ways to lose games. That sort of dogged, loser mentality is something Barham identifies with. \u201cIt\u2019s about trying so hard to win at something, but always finding a way to lose at it,\u201d <\/em>Barham says. \u201cWe take our hits and we get back up, and we do what we do. There are three things you can count on: death, taxes, and American Aquarium showing up to your town once a year to play a rock & roll show<\/em> \u2026 Our live show is 90 minutes of us kicking your throat in. We wanted to make a record that felt representative of that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>

Pre-Save<\/a> New Ways To Lose<\/em> \/\/ Pre-Order<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

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1. Dollar General2. Can\u2019t Into Could3. 4\u00d7604. Twin Flames5. Out There In the Dark6. History Repeats Itself7. Favorite Hello8. Whatever Helps You Sleep At Night9. Just Like You10. Bad Habits<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n