The Amity Affliction Announce Anniversary Edition Of ‘Let The Ocean Take Me’
The Amity Affliction will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their seminal album, Let The Ocean Take Me, with a re-recorded version called Let The Ocean Take Me (Redux), out September 27th via Pure Noise Records.
In anticipation of its release, the band have shared “My Father’s Son (Redux).” Watch the visualizer below.
Frontman Joel Birch explains the band re-recording the album allows them to “have some ownership over our own songs, something that we didn’t have while with our old label.”
He continues: “Let this be the canary in the coal mine for younger bands; in this day and age, you can find ethical and equitable deals, you don’t need to believe the bullshit larger labels will feed you, and you can maintain control over your masters and own your own songs. Thankfully, we’ve always told people to get fucked when they’ve tried to meddle in our music or this could have been even worse. In any case, I hope that you guys enjoy this and give it a thrashing. We are personally much happier with this new recreation.”
Speaking about the band’s legacy he says “We wouldn’t be anywhere near where we are today without this album and the way it resonated with people around the world. This is the foundation of our band, and we owe everything we have to all of the people who listened to it and came out to our shows and continues to this day to show their love to us. This is the greatest blessing — thank you.”
“The album is almost entirely dedicated to addiction and the effects it had on my life and mental health,” Birch maintains. “The strangest thing while rerecording this was reading the words and then reflecting on life since then, this album was the catalyst for us touring the world and turning what was just a really fun time into a career, from kids to adults, from haphazardly throwing together songs to the place where we’re at now where we feel like we put more purpose into everything we create.”
Pre-order Let The Ocean Take Me (Redux) here.
The Amity Affliction will play UK’s Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend. Following this, they’ll play a string of shows in Australia. Check out all their dates here.
Artwork:
Tracklisting:
01. Pittsburgh (Redux)
02. Lost & Fading (Redux)
03. Don’t Lean On Me (Redux)
04. The Weigh Down (Redux)
05. Never Alone (Redux)
06. Death’s Hand (Redux)
07. FML (Redux)
08. My Father’s Son (Redux)
09. Forest Fire (Redux)
10. Give It All (Redux)
