[2] Having grown up listening to Americana musicians like Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard,[3] Hamilton wrote a batch of songs that fell into this genre.
Enlisting drummer Joe Russo, keyboardist Aron Magner, and a few other friends, these songs turned into American Babies' self-titled release that came out in 2008 on SCI Fidelity Records.
[5] After a couple of months of writing and demoing songs in his house, Hamilton linked up with childhood friend/producer/engineer Peter Tramo and went into his Philadelphia-based Lorelei Studios to start recording.
Described by Hamilton as a "forty-minute existential meltdown," the album "Knives and Teeth" tackles weighty subject matter including sin, redemption, politics, and mortality.
It was announced in December 2015 that American Babies will release their fourth studio album on March 18, 2016. entitled "An Epic Battle Between Light and Dark" via The Royal Potato Family.