Old Dominion has announced the upcoming release of their sixth studio album, ‘Barbara.’

Lead singer Matthew Ramsey shares that the album is Old Dominion’s “most personal record ever’, and adds that “the thing about this crazy career, so many incredible things have happened, but so much life has also happened. We’ve had people pass away, chapters close, people falling in love, obviously health challenges, if you read People. And when we write for others, we just write to write the best song about whatever moment or feeling we’re chasing right then, and yeah that’s fun. But when we write for Old Dominion, especially this time, we’re bringing more of ourselves into the room. These are our songs, so they should be pulled from our lives. You don’t realize as you’re writing necessarily, but when we listened to these 13 songs, we all realized: it’s our most personal record ever. We didn’t want to get all heavy, but I think the feeling good means more when you’re looking life straight in the eye. So much is illusion or what we tell ourselves it is, sometimes if you look in your heart though, reality is even richer. And I think that’s as much the point as anything.”

The 13-track project, produced by Shane McAnally alongside the band, is set to arrive on August 22nd. Pre-order here.

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