Legendary metalcore outfit The Amity Affliction have today announced the release of Let The Ocean Take Me (Redux), which is set to drop on September 27. The announcement is paired with the re-release of fan-favourite track My Fathers Son, which is available on all platforms as of today.
Let The Ocean Take Me was a seminal record for the band when it was released in 2014. The band’s 2nd Aria Number 1 album, Let The Ocean Take Me was praised by critics and fans alike – opening up the band to a larger audience, and pushing their sound to new heights. 10 years on and the fusion of raw emotion and dynamic soundscapes is just as poignant as it was upon release, full to the brim with timeless singles such as Pittsburgh, Don’t Lean On Me and The Weigh Down.
The re-release comes after the band’s exit from their previous label, who they worked with from 2012’s Chasing Ghosts up until 2018’s Misery. Let The Ocean Take Me (Redux) is the band’s chance to take back ownership of their art, and move on from a difficult situation that has weighed immensely on the band in recent years.
“We re-recorded this album for a few reasons,” the band said, “but it would be foolish for me not to mention the more monumental of these, that being that our deal with our previous record label had them taking the vast majority of all revenue from what has been our most successful album until recently. When you spend over two decades in an industry you get to see how predatory it can be, and the main victims of this predation are young bands that are wined and dined into deals that all but guarantee the band will only make money for the label and not for themselves.“
