THE AMITY AFFLICTION RETURN WITH ‘THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK’

Roadrunner Records’ group, The Amity Affliction, have announced details of their widely anticipated new album. THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK, the platinum-certified Australian band’s new LP will arrive on August 12th (see attached album art / tracklisting). The band – Joel Birch [Vocals], Ahren Stringer [Bass, Vocals], Ryan Burt [Drums] and Dan Brown [Guitar] – detailed
the new material in a press conference earlier today hosted by former Triple J radio host / Frenzal Rhomb guitarist, Lindsay McDougall which can be viewed on the band’s Facebook, www.facebook.com/theamityafflictionofficial

THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK is available now for pre-order in a variety of limited edition physical bundles via www.theamityaffliction.net , with all DSP pre-orders going live Thursday, May 19th at 12:00AM local time. All digital pre-orders will receive an instant download of the album’s gripping first single, “I Bring The Weather With Me” which debuted today along with the track’s official music video. “I Bring The Weather With Me” is streaming now at www.theamityaffliction.net and on the band’s official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/amityofficial

Furthermore, The Amity Affliction have announced a run of Australian headline shows taking them back to venues they haven’t played in over 4 years. After a massive arena tour in December 2015, these new dates will see The Amity Affliction getting up close and personal with their Australian fans in smaller and more intimate venues. Tickets for the upcoming dates will only be available for purchase with pre-orders of THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK at www.24hundred.net through Sunday, May 22nd with a limited amount of tickets released to the general public thefollowing week. This summer, The Amity Affliction will head to the UK where they will embark on a series of festival dates and headline shows with highly anticipated sets slated for the United Kingdom’s Slam Dunk Festival and Download Festival. Following the UK run The Amity Affliction will then touch down in the US for a string of stateside festival dates kicking off September 10th at Denver, Colorado’s High Elevation festival. For complete details and ticket information, please see www.theamityaffliction.net/tour

Deeply personal and emotionally wrenching, THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK is The Amity Affliction’s most transformative and revealing record yet. Recorded by producer and longtime collaborator Will Putney at Melbourne’s Holes and Corners with additional drum tracking done at Sing Sing Studios, the album1 finds The Amity Affliction evolving their signature powerful and cathartic  song craft. Both ambitious and grand, album standouts “This Could Be Heartbreak” and “All Fucked Up” are equal parts heavy and hopeful, fueled by frontman Joel Birch’s desperation which achieves extraordinary transcendence through radical honesty and absolute power.

THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK follows The Amity Affliction’s ARIA platinum-certified #1 album, LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME, which proved an to be an international breakthrough for the group. LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME marked The Amity Affliction’s second consecutive time topping the ARIA Album Chart following 2012’s gold-certified CHASING GHOSTS. More recently, the band released SEEMS LIKE FOREVER, the #1 ARIA gold-certified documentary chronicling The Amity Affliction’s history up through their epic “Let The Ocean Take Me World Tour,” which saw the band performing in front of
capacity crowds around the globe, including sold-out shows at New York City’s Irving Plaza and London’s KOKO. Furthermore, the band’s most recent single, “Shine On” came in at #25 on Triple J’s “Hottest 100” of 2016. For more than a decade, The Amity Affliction has confronted the very darkestedges of man’s existence through their music and with SEVERED TIES, 2008’s full-length debut, and 2010’s ARIA gold-certified follow-up, YOUNGBLOODS, The Amity Affliction instantly established themselves as leading force in the heavy music world.

1. I Bring The Weather With Me

2. This Could B Heartbreak

3. Nightmare

4. Tearing Me Apart

5. O.M.G.I.M.Y.

6. All Fucked Up

7. Fight My Regret

8. Some Friends

9. Wishbone

10. Note To Self

11. Blood In My Mouth

THE AMITY AFFLICTION ON TOUR 2016

MAY 28 SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL LEEDS,  UNITED KINGDOM

MAY 29 SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM

MAY 30 SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL, HERTFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM

JUN 03 ROCK AM RING, MENDIG, GERMANY

JUN 04 ROCK IM PARK, NÜRNBERG, GERMANY

JUN 07 OH YEAH CENTRE, BELFAST, IRELAND

JUN 08 ACADEMY GREEN ROOM DUBLIN, IRELAND

JUN 10 DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL DERBY, UNITED KINGDOM

JUN 11 GREENFIELD, INTERLAKEN, SWITZERLAND

JUN 12 NOVA ROCK FESTIVAL, NICKELSDORF, AUSTRIA

JUN 13 SECOND SKIN, ATHENS, GREECE

JUN 15 RCA, LISBON, PORTUGAL

JUN 16 HARD CLUB, PORTO, PORTUGAL

JUN 18 HELLFEST, CLISSON, FRANCE

JUN 19 GRASPOP, DESSEL, BELGIUM

JUN 20 TOWER, BREMEN, GERMANY

JUN 21 STICKY FINGERS, GÖTEBORG, SWEDEN

JUN 22 JOHN DEE, OSLO, NORWAY

JUN 24 JERA ON AIR, YSSELSTEYN, NETHERLANDS

JUN 25 GARAGE,  SAARBRÜCKEN, GERMANY

JUN 26 VAUDEVILLE, LINDAU, GERMANY

JUN 27 SALZBURG ROCKHOUSE SALZBURG, AUSTRIA

JUN 28 MAJESTIC, BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA

JUN 29 GALA HALA, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

JUL 01 WITH FULL FORCE FESTIVAL LÖBNITZ, GERMANY

JUL 02 VAINSTREAM ROCKFEST MÜNSTER, GERMANY

AUG 19 THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA

AUG 26 METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

AUG 31 170 RUSSELLMELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

SEP 10 HIGH ELEVATION FESTIVAL DENVER, COLORADO

SEP 18 ROCK ALLEGIANCE FESTIVAL CHESTER,
PENNSYLVANIA

SEP 24 TEXAS MUTINY
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

SEP 25 HOUSTON OPEN AIR FESTIVAL HOUSTON, TEXAS

OCT 2 SONIC BOOM FESTIVAL
JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN

For more information:

www.theamityaffliction.net

www.facebook.com/theamityafflictionofficial

www.twitter.com/amityaffliction

www.roadrunnerrecords.com