Earlier this year, American Aquarium passed the 20-year mark as a band, but frontman BJ Barham isn’t tapping the brakes. The independent, roots-rock outfit is closing out 2025 with a flurry of shows and a block of studio time with producer Shooter Jennings in Los Angeles, all while Barham finalizes …
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If The Fear of Standing Still, American Aquarium’s 10th studio album, out July 26, carries an unmistakable theme of home and comfort, credit that to Pearl. Pearl Barham is 6 years old, and when she sets her sights on something she wants, she usually gets it. On a Monday afternoon …
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Under a fingernail moon, surrounded by the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Highlands, North Carolina, JJ Grey & Mofro took a moment to soak in the beauty of this year’s Bear Shadow music festival. “This song is about my love affair with the ocean,” Grey noted of his …
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American Aquarium lean into the punk side of their sound in the new song “Crier,” the first track off their upcoming album The Fear of Standing Still. Out July 26 via Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers, it’s the band’s second collaboration with producer Shooter Jennings, who oversaw Aquarium’s 2020 album Lamentations. …
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