Raleigh Alternative Country Band american aquarium announced a new album, Chicamacomique, due June 10 via Losing Side Records/Thirty Tigers (pre-order). It was produced by Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Hooray for the Riff Raff, etc.), features co-writing contributions from Lori McKenna and Hayes-Carll, and it finds frontman BJ Barham reflecting on personal loss, including the recent deaths of his mother and grandmother. He says:
In my sixteen year career, I’ve never been so proud of a set of songs, lyrically or stylistically. They have weight, but they are not weighed down. It’s a sad disc, which feels good. It is the culmination of almost two decades of work. Chicamacomique unlike anything we’ve ever done, but it sits comfortably among the rest of our catalog.
You can hear that in lead single “All I Needed,” which has a gloomy undertone but feels airy, uplifting, and joyful. Listen and watch the video below.
American Aquarium also announced an extensive tour, including a run with support from Caroline Spencer hitting NYC Brooklyn does June 28. Tickets for this show are on sale now. All dates are listed below.
Meanwhile, Caroline Spence’s new album True North (which features a duet with The National’s Matt Berninger) is out April 29 via Rounder Records, and she also has headlining shows coming up, including one in NYC. Rockwood Music Hall on April 27 with Brooke Annibale, who just signed to Nettwerk and released his new single “What If You” yesterday. All of Caroline’s dates are also listed below.
American Aquarium – Chicamacomique Track list
1. Chicamacomique
2. Small things
3. Just close enough
4. The first year
5. Built to last
6. Wildfire
7. The things we lost along the way
8. Wake Echoes
9. The hardest thing
10. All I Needed
American Aquarium – 2022 Tour Dates
June 17 – Nashville, TN – The Ryman Auditorium
June 18 – Atlanta, Georgia – The Buckhead Theatre+
June 19 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn+
June 21 – Ponte Vedra, Florida – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall+
June 22 – Charleston, SC – The Pour House+
June 23 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel+
June 24 – Durham, NC – That Music Festival
June 25 – Greensboro, North Carolina – Blind Tiger#
June 26 – Washington DC – 9:30 a.m. Club#
June 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts#
June 28 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made#
June 30 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair#
July 1 – Richmond, VA – The National #
July 2 – Louisville, KY – Mercury Ballroom#
July 16 – Whitefish, MT – Under the Big Sky
July 28 and 29 – Floyd, Virginia – Floydfest
July 30 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theater
July 31 – Chattanooga, TN – The Signal
August 2 – Jackson, MS – Duling Hall
August 4 – Houston, TX – Heights Theater
August 5 – Tulsa, OK – Cain Ballroom
August 6 – Hutto, TX – KOKE Fest
August 7 – Lubbock, TX – Cactus Theater
August 9 – Albuquerque, New Mexico – Launchpad
August 10 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
August 11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour
August 12 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
August 13 – Bend OU, The Domino Room
August 14 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
August 15 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern
August 16 – Boise, ID – The Olympic
August 17 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Soundwell
August 18 – Denver, CO – Globe Hall
August 19 – Wichita, KS – The Wave
August 21 – Little Rock, AR – The Rev Room
September 15 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads
September 18 – St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
September 20 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
September 21 – Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
September 22 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fine Line
September 23 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall
September 24 – Evanston, IL – Space
September 25 – Ferndale, MI – Magic Bag
September 27 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
September 28 – Columbus, OH – Bluestone
September 29 – Indianapolis, IN – The Hi Fi Annex
September 30 – Newport, KY – Southgate House
+Adeem the opening of the artist
# Opening by Caroline Spence
Caroline Spence — 2022 Tour Dates
4/26 Milkboy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
4/27 Rockwood Music Hall, New York, NY*
4/28 The Loft @ City Winery, Washington, DC*
4/29 The South, Charlottesville, Virginia*
4/30 Evening Muse, Charlotte, North Carolina*
5/6 Off Broadway, St. Louis, MO
5/7 Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn, IL
5/8 Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
5/11 Basement East, Nashville, TN
5/12 Princess Theater, Decatur, AL (solo acoustic)
5/18 Mercury Lounge, Tulsa, OK
5/19 The Post at River East, Fort Worth, TX
5/20 Saxon Pub, Austin, TX Saxon Pub
5/21 Green Apple Arts Center, Eden, TX
5/22 Dosey Doe, The Woodlands, TX
5/24 Fayetteville Roots Headquarters, Fayetteville, AR
5/27 Eddie’s Attic, Decatur, GA
6/10 Stockholm Americana, Stockholm, Sweden
6/11 Ideal Bar, Copenhagen, Denmark
6/12 Oslo Americana, Oslo, Norway
6/17 Black Deer Festival, Tunbridge Wells, UK
6/25 Greensboro, NC Blind Tiger#
6/26 Washington DC 9:30 Club #
6/27 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Underground Arts#
6/28 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn fact#
6/30 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair#
7/1 Richmond, Virginia The National#
7/2 Louisville, KY Mercury Ballroom #
8/12 Outlandia Music Festival, Bellevue, NE
9/30-10/2 Sisters Folk Festival, Sisters, OR
* – with Brooke Annibale
# – with American aquarium
