Check out STAIND singer Aaron Lewis’s new country solo track “Over The Hill”
Ahead of the release of Aaron Lewis‘s next country album “The Hill” (out March 29 via The Valory Music Co.),the STAIND singer today drops “Over The Hill”, the third single from the upcoming project.
On “Over The Hill” — written by Lewis, Matt McGinn and Bobby Pinson — Lewis takes the big-picture view, looking back on his 50-plus years with a self-aware sense of pride. Owning both his missteps and moments of clarity, a true everyday American deciding to make his final stand, figuring the climb was ultimately worth the effort.
“‘Over The Hill’ is the realization that we all make mistakes, take different paths and learn as we go,” explains Lewis. “I’ve embraced it with no regrets.”
“The Hill” track listing:
01. Let’s Go Fishing (written by: Aaron Lewis, Bobby Pinson)
02. Over The Hill (written by: Aaron Lewis, Matt McGinn, Bobby Pinson)
03. Made In China (written by: Aaron Lewis, Bobby Pinson)
04. Spinnin’ (written by: Aaron Lewis, Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele)
05. Over Me (written by: Aaron Lewis, Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele)
06. Outlaw (written by: Aaron Lewis, Matt McGinn, Bobby Pinson)
07. Up To Me (written by: Aaron Lewis, Bobby Pinson)
08. That’s My Life (written by: Aaron Lewis, Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele)
09. Only In My Mind (written by: Aaron Lewis, Ira Dean, Jeffrey Steele)
10. Little More Mine (written by: Aaron Lewis, Matt McGinn, Bobby Pinson)
“Made In China” — written by Lewis and Bobby Pinson — offers the loud-and-proud declaration that some things (like Lewis) are still made in the USA. With a dusky dose of down-tuned acoustic balladry, Lewis tributes a brash sense of patriotic pride, built to last and not ashamed to say so.
“I Ain’t Made In China” features such lyrics as “I ain’t made in China / From all the cheapest parts / I ain’t one for driving them imported foreign cars / I’m more like American muscle from 1966 / I ain’t made in China / I’m American as it gets / I ain’t made by Uyghur kids for pennies on the dollar / I’m made in the USA / It says so on my collar / Tried and true, red, white and blue / My roots run way too thick / yeah, I ain’t made in China / ‘Cause I’m American as it gets.”
“The best songs come from a place of authenticity,” explains Lewis. “This one started as a conversation with friends as we picked up items around the room with ‘Made In China’ stamped on the bottom. And we put pen to paper.”
The “Let’s Go Fishing” lyrics find the 51-year-old Lewis — an outspoken conservative rocker who reinvented himself as a solo country artist in the last decade — singing about “making America great again”, “turning off CNN” and using the “Let’s Go, Brandon!” catchphrase, which was coined by American conservatives to criticize President Joe Biden.