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The Amity Affliction Return With New Album Misery

THE AMITY AFFLICTION RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM MISERY

LEAD SINGLE “IVY (DOOMSDAY)” STREAMING NOW

WITH OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO AT WWW.THEAMITYAFFLICTION.NET

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE TODAY

PERFORMING AT VANS WARPED TOUR 2018

EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR SLATED FOR THE FALL

MISERY ARRIVES ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 24TH

Roadrunner Records band The Amity Affliction have unveiled details of their widely anticipated new album, MISERY which arrives worldwide Friday, August 24th (see album art / track listing attached).

MISERY is available for pre-order today, with all orders joined by an instant grat download of the album’s electrifying first single, “Ivy (Doomsday),” which is streaming now accompanied by a cinematic official music video at www.theamityaffliction.net. Written and co-directed by the band’s own Joel Birch, the official video for “Ivy (Doomsday)” marks the first chapter of a three-part short film chronicling a dark tale of three friends and their quest for vengeance. Additional chapters will be unveiled in the weeks to come – for regular updates, please visit www.theamityaffliction.net.

The Amity Affliction will celebrate MISERY with an epic tour schedule, beginning this week with a North American run as part of the milestone final Vans Warped Tour 2018. Those dates begin tomorrow, June 21st at Pomona, CA’s Fairplex and continue through early August (see attached itinerary). From there, The Amity Affliction will head to Europe for a headline tour slated for stops in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Norway, and Belgium. Support on select dates will come from DREAM STATE, The Plot In You, Endless Heights, and others. For complete details and ticket information, please visitwww.theamityaffliction.net/tour.

Recorded earlier this year in Baltimore, MD with producer Matt Squire (Panic! At The Disco, Ariana Grande, Underoath), MISERY is the long-awaited follow-up to The Amity Affliction’s acclaimed fifth studio album, THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK. That LP made a spectacular chart debut upon its 2016 arrival, entering among the top 30 on the U.S. SoundScan/Billboard 200 while also charting at #1 in their native Australia – The Amity Affliction’s third consecutive time topping the ARIA Album Chart.

THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK – which includes the singles/videos, “This Could Be Heartbreak,” “I Bring The Weather With Me,” “All F*cked Up,” and “Fight My Regret” – earned ecstatic acclaim and press attention along with its popular success, including a cover feature in Rolling Stone AustraliaKerrang! awarded the album four Ks, hailing it as the band’s “personal-best” while noting, “This is heartbreak, and The Amity Affliction have rendered it more magnificently than ever.” “(The Amity Affliction’s) ear for an unstoppable melody demands respect,” declared Metal Hammer, while Blunt noted, “(THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK) strikes from a darker angle…its melancholy burns fervent.” “Synth-soaked tracks and lyrical masterpieces dominate the album,” raved Vulture Magazine, “showing the Amity boys have an ability to provide a definitive yet ever-evolving sound, tying in new fans while still catering to the old.” “(THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK) glistens with vivid memories and brutal honesty that is unapologetic,” wrote Outburn, while Alternative Presssummed it best: “The Amity Affliction are at their strongest.”

THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK followed The Amity Affliction’s ARIA platinum-certified #1 album, LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME, which proved an international breakthrough for the group. LET THE OCEAN TAKE ME marked The Amity Affliction’s second consecutive time topping the ARIA Album Chart following2012’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 sold-out crowds around the globe, including shows at New York City’s Irving Plaza and London’s KOKO.  Furthermore, the 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 darkest edges 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.

The Amity Affliction is Joel Birch (vocals), Ahren Stringer (bass, vocals), and Dan Brown (guitar).

THE AMITY AFFLICTION

WORLD TOUR 2018

JUNE 21-AUGUST 5 w/VANS WARPED TOUR 2018

JUNE

21        Pomona, CA                            Fairplex

22        San Diego, CA                          SDCCU Stadium

23        Mountain View, CA                 Shoreline Amphitheatre

24        Ventura, CA                             Ventura County Fairgrounds

28        Phoenix, AZ                             Ak-Chin Pavilion

29        Las Vegas, NV                          Downtown Las Vegas Events Center

30        W. Valley City, UT                   USANA Amphitheatre

JULY

1          Denver, CO                             Pepsi Center

3          Maryland Heights, MO           Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

5          Bonner Springs, KS                  Providence Medical Center Amphitheater

6          Dallas, TX                                Starplex Pavilion

7          San Antonio, TX                      AT&T Center

8          Houston, TX                            Main Street (Yellow) Lot, NRG Park

10        Nashville, TN                           Tennessee State Fairgrounds

12        Virginia Beach, VA                  Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater

13        Camden, NJ                             BB&T Pavilion

14        Holmdel, NJ                             PNC Bank Arts Center

15        Hartford, CT                            Xfinity Theatre

16        Burgettstown, PA                    Keybank Pavilion

17        Toronto, ON                            The Flats at Budweiser Stage

18        Cuyahoga Falls, OH                 Blossom Music Center

19        Cincinnati, OH                         Riverbend Music Center

20        Rochester Hills, MI                  Meadow Brook Amphitheatre

21        Tinley Park, IL                          Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre

22        Shakopee, MN                        Canterbury Park

23        Milwaukee, WI                        Henry W. Maier Festival Park

23        Milwaukee, WI                        American Family Insurance Amphitheater

24        Noblesville, IN                         Ruoff Mortgage Music Center

25        Darien Center, NY                   Darien Lake Amphitheater

26        Scranton, PA                           Pavilion at Montage Mountain

27        Mansfield, MA                        Xfinity Center

28        Wantagh, NY                           Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater

29        Columbia, MD                         Merriweather Post Pavilion

30        Charlotte, NC                          PNC Music Pavilion

31        Atlanta, GA                              Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood

AUGUST

2          Jacksonville, FL                        Met Park

3          Orlando, FL                              Tinker Field

4          Tampa, FL                                Midflorida Credit Union Amphitheatre

5          West Palm Beach, FL              Coral Sky Amphitheatre

SEPTEMBER

28        Munich, Germany                   Tonhalle München (im Werksviertel Mitte)

29        Oberhausen, Germany           Turbinenhalle

OCTOBER

2          Birmingham, UK                      O2 Academy 2 Birmingham

3          Leeds, UK                                The Church

4          London, UK                              Electric Ballroom

5          Glasgow, UK                            Queen Margaret Union (QMU)

7          Manchester, UK                      Manchester Academy 2

8          Bristol, UK                               SWX

9          Paris, France                           Le Trabendo

13        Villeurbanne, France               Centre Culturel Oecumenique (CCO)

14        Zürich, Switzerland                 X-TRA

16        Vienna, Austria                       Vienna Arena (Arena Wien)

19        Leipzig, Germany                    Täubchenthal

21        Berlin, Germany                      Astra Kulturhaus

22        Copenhagen, Denmark           Pumpehuset – Stor Sal

23        Oslo, Norway                          John Dee Live Club & Pub

25        Hamburg, Germany                Markthalle

26        Hannover, Germany               60er Jahre Halle, Faust

27        Wiesbaden, Germany             Kulturzentrum Schlachthof

28        Antwerp, Belgium                   Zappa

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