Aaron Lewis Readies New Album ‘The Hill’

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Aaron Lewis. Photo: Jim Wright

Aaron Lewis is set to release his new album The Hill, due March 29 via The Valory Music Co.

A deeply personal set written from a lifetime of highs and lows, it pairs Lewis’ iconic vocal rasp with a bare-bones acoustic sound, and features 10 tracks penned solo or with a tight circle of collaborators. The set speaks to a time of upheaval, both in the wider world and within, and was produced by Lewis alongside Ira Dean.

Often backed by just a guitar, dobro and mandolin, Lewis offers up an honest take on his views through songs penned with Dean, Bobby Pinson, Matt McGinn and Jeffrey Steele. On the opening track, “Let’s Go Fishing,” he shares his take on the country’s problems in a lightly-coded protest anthem with a let-it-be theme.

“Music has always been my escape, my way of expressing the things that I don’t express very well in life,” Lewis explains. “I’m coming up on 52 years old, and I’m on the hill I’m going to stand on. Nobody’s going to change me now. This record is a snapshot of my life and how I’m feeling and where my head is at—and that’s what my records have always been. It’s another record that’s just really stripped down to the guts. I like raw. I like life’s imperfections showing through. I’m not perfect, nobody is. And I don’t want the music I’m putting out to be either.”

The Hill Track List:
1. “Let’s Go Fishing” | Aaron Lewis, Bobby Pinson
2. “Over The Hill” | Aaron Lewis, Matt McGinn, Bobby Pinson
3. “Made In China” | Aaron Lewis, Bobby Pinson
4. “Spinnin’” | Aaron Lewis, Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele
5. “Over Me” | Aaron Lewis, Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele
6. “Outlaw” | Aaron Lewis, Matt McGinn, Bobby Pinson
7. “Up To Me” | Aaron Lewis, Bobby Pinson
8. “That’s My Life” | Aaron Lewis, Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele
9. “Only In My Mind” | Aaron Lewis, Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele
10. “Little More Mine” | Aaron Lewis, Matt McGinn, Bobby Pinson

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