Hot off the stage from this weekend's almighty Download Festival, Roadrunner recording group The Amity Affliction has announced plans for a U.K. headline tour this Winter. The "Let The Ocean Take Me Tour" rolls into the UK on November 28 in Birmingham and wraps up in London on December 2, as part of a wider European trek. The Australian metalcore masters will be accompanied by special guests Buried in Verona, Heart in Hand, and Napoleon.
Tickets are on sale now for the following shows:
Fri 28th Nov - BIRMINGHAM Institute Temple
Sat 29th Nov - GLASGOW Classic Grand
Sun 30th Nov - MANCHESTER Gorilla
Mon 1st Dec - CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
Tue 2nd Dec - LONDON O2 Academy Islington
Known worldwide for their incendiary live performances, The Amity Affliction recently heralded their stunning new album "LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME" by blowing up stages across North America as part of Blessthefall's "The Hollow Bodies Tour." The band have also just announced their first ever U.S. headline tour, running from September 19 - October 25, with support varying between For The Fallen Dreams, Obey The Brave, Crossfaith, Favorite Weapon, and Exotype. The Amity Affliction will also return to their home country beforehand for a string of colossal arena dates August 29 - September 5, taking over Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane, with support from Architects, Issues, Stray From The Path, and Deez Nuts.
"LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME" landed The Amity Affliction a second, consecutive, highly coveted #1 spot on the Australian ARIA chart, shifting nearly 25,000 copies in its first week alone there (and more than tripled their previous U.K. first week sales). Named by Alternative Press as one of 2014's "Most Anticipated" releases, the album includes the singles "Pittsburgh" and "Don't Lean On Me." Companion video clips for both tracks are streaming now alongside a bounty of exclusive sessions, behind-the-scenes documentaries, and much more at The Amity Affliction's official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/amityofficial.
Urgent, aggressive, and cathartic, "LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME" is The Amity Affliction at their most vital best. Recorded by producer Will Putney (Winds Of Plague, Upon A Burning Body) at guitarist Troy Brady's Evergreen Studios in Brisbane, the album pushes the band's signature post-hardcore approach to new heights of richness and diversity, providing the consummate aural partner to vocalist Joel Birch's increasingly potent lyricism. Inspired in part by a near death experience suffered during the 2013 Vans Warped Tour, songs like "Don't Lean On Me" and "FML" are fuelled by desperate emotion and anxiety but transcend through honesty and raw power.
"(The album) is about really trying to find a positive in my life again," Birch says. "Writing these songs was a very cathartic process, but I'm terrified of people listening to them and reading these lyrics because they'll know exactly what I'm thinking. I'm hiding nothing."
For more than a decade, The Amity Affliction has used music to entertain while simultaneously confronting the very darkest edges of man's existence. "SEVERED TIES," 2008's full-length debut, and 2010's follow-up "YOUNGBLOODS" instantly established the band's twisted take, all revved-up rhythms, soaring melodies, and full-bore vocals coming together to fashion something provocative and distinct. "LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME" follows 2012's "CHASING GHOSTS" which also debuted at #1 on the Australian ARIA Chart and has since has been certified gold.
