Let the Ocean Take Me
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| Studio album by The Amity Affliction | ||||
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June 6, 2014 |
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2014 |
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| Label (s) | Roadrunner Records , UNFD | |||
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10 |
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41 min 12 sec |
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Evergreen Studios, Brisbane , Queensland |
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Let the Ocean Take Me is the fourth studio album by the Australian post-hardcore band The Amity Affliction from Gympie , Queensland . The album was released on June 7, 2014 through Roadrunner Records worldwide and through UNFD in Australia .
Like its predecessor Chasing Ghosts , the album reached a top ten position in the local album charts . However, Let the Ocean Take Me is the first album to be placed in the international charts. So it made it into the US and New Zealand charts . With Pittsburgh and Don't Lean On Me , two singles in the group also made it into the singles charts in Australia for the first time.
In 2015 the album received platinum status in Australia for more than 70,000 records sold, making it the first album by the group to achieve this status.
The regular version of the album includes ten tracks with a total playing time of 41 minutes and 12 seconds. The Japanese version includes a live recording of the song Open Letter by Chasing Ghosts as a bonus . The album was reissued in 2015 with additional material. The new edition includes two new songs, Skeletons and Farewell, and a bonus DVD on which the documentary Seems Like Forever can be found.
background
In late 2013, the band released a demo version of the song Cave In , which led to speculation among the group's supporters as to whether this song would be featured on the album. This speculation ended with the release of the album's official tracklist on April 15, 2014. The album was recorded with producer Will Putney at Evergreen Studios in Brisbane , Queensland .
On April 14, 2014, the main single of the album, Pittsburgh, was presented along with the music video. With Don't Lean On Me , the second single was released on May 16, 2014. The album was released worldwide on June 10, 2014. Five days before the official release of what is now the fourth studio album, Let the Ocean Take Me , fans of the band had the opportunity to listen to the work in advance. In the meantime, the band released a music video for the song Death's Hand .
On July 10, 2015, the album was reissued with bonus material. The reissue of the album includes two bonus songs and a DVD entitled Seems Like Forever . The band released a music video for one of these new songs, Skeletons , the day before the new album was released.
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1. | Pittsburgh | 3:59 |
| 2. | Lost & fading | 4:31 |
| 3. | Don't Lean On Me | 3:33 |
| 4th | The Weigh Down | 3:31 |
| 5. | Never alone | 5:37 |
| 6th | Death's hand | 4:15 |
| 7th | FML | 3:27 |
| 8th. | My Father's Son | 3:38 |
| 9. | Forest Fire | 3:40 |
| 10. | Give it all | 4:56 |
promotion
Between April 18 and May 15, 2014 the group toured with Silverstein in the opening act for Blessthefall on their Hollow Bodies Tour, which included 32 concerts and took place in North America . From 11 March to 4 April 2015 toured The Amity Affliction along with volumes and Of Mice & Men by Europe . The concert tour comprised a total of 18 dates.
Between January 8 and 31, 2015, the band played an extensive concert tour through Australia as part of their The Weigh Downunder Tour , which was accompanied by Deez Nuts , among others . In January 2015 it was also announced that the band would play on the Warped Tour between June 19th and August 8th during the summer . Another concert tour through North America followed in November and October, this time with Chelsea Grin and Secrets , before the group became part of Never Say Die! Tour with Burning Down Alaska , Being as an Ocean , Fit for a King and Defeater should once again play on the European continent. During their US concert tour in October, guitarist and founding member Troy Brady announced his departure from the band. Between December 12 and 20, 2015, the band played together with A Day to Remember and Motionless in White as part of the Big Ass Tour in Australia.
In the early summer of 2016 the group completed a summer festival tour in Europe where the group performed at many major music festivals. These included Rock im Park , Hellfest , Download Festival , Greenfield Festival and Nova Rock . The planned appearance of the group at Rock am Ring in Mendig was canceled by the organizer due to the severe weather in the region.
Commercial win
Like its predecessor from 2012, Let the Ocean Take Me entered the Australian album charts at number one . The album initially remained in the charts for 16 weeks without interruption until the first week of October, before the chart dropped out in the meantime. The album hit the charts again in mid-October. It wasn't until February 2015 and December 2015 that Let the Ocean Take Me found itself in the best list again, so that the album was in the charts for a total of 21 weeks. In the United States , the album sold around 10,000 times in the first week of sales, which meant number 31 in the local charts . Also in New Zealand managed Let the Ocean Take Me a chart listing. There the album debuted at number 24 and stayed in the charts for a whole week.
After the album was awarded a gold record in Australia in the year of its release , it achieved platinum status in 2015 for a total of more than 70,000 records sold. This makes Let the Ocean Take Me the band's first platinum album.
Let the Ocean Take Me was nominated for an ARIA Award in the category Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album in 2014 .
Chart positions
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 United States Album Top 200
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31 | 2 | 10,000+ | - |
 New Zealand album top 40
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24 | 1 | - | - |
 Australia album top 40
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1 | 21st | 70,000+ |
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Australia
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24 |
Nominations
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ARIA Awards
- 2014: Best Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Album (nominated)
Reviews
Also Let the Ocean Take Me was like his two predecessors durchwachsene reviews from the German trade press: this is expressed Matthias Weckmann from the German Metal Hammer , who already Chasing Ghosts of the band negatively criticized his successor only slightly more optimistic. Weckmann writes that the album has "quick riff episodes and huge breakdowns ", whereby the main focus remains on the catchy melody structures, which he describes as kitschy and easily predictable. Weckmann sees a major minus point in the use of keyboards, which reminds the music more of manga intros than powerful rock music or metal . However, he describes Will Putney's production as a success. Florian Aberle from Stageload criticizes the clear vocals as "overproduced to the tips of their hair, which are underpinned by unborn melodies and thunderous drumming" and can be found again and again in the album. According to Aberle, only the songs Never Alone and the album-closing Give It All manage to differentiate themselves from the rest of the album. Sebastian Berning from the German music portal Powermetal.de describes the group as the musically sweetest group in the post-hardcore segment. He justifies this with the catchiness of the songs on Let the Ocean Take Me , which at times come along with auto-tune- pimped melodies like in Pittsburgh . The production of Putney is also praised by Berning, even if he takes away all rough edges from the album due to the overproduced sound.
The English-language press, however, criticized the album much more positively. Sarah O'Connor from the Australian Blunt Magazine agreed with the opinion of her German colleagues that the album could not form new fans but that previous fans would be completely satisfied, but she says that the group with Let the Ocean Take Me has been with her to date strongest album released. Kevin Stewart-Panko from the US Alternative Press believes that the group knows how to manage the balancing act between metalcore and many other musical styles. At times the sound is reminiscent of genre colleagues from We Came as Romans and Of Mice & Men . However, Stewart-Panko also describes Ahren Stringer's vocals, which are supported by Auto-Tune, as interchangeable. Loudwire's Chad Childers gave the album positive feedback. At Metacritic , Let the Ocean Take Me received a Metascore of 77 percent based on four reviews.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Blabbermouth.net : THE AMITY AFFLICTION To Release 'Let The Ocean Take Me' In June
- ↑ Matt Brown: Metal Insider : The Amity Affliction announce new album, release new music video
- ^ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction release "Don't Lean On Me" music video
- ↑ Cassie Whitt: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction - 'Let The Ocean Take Me' album premiere
- ^ A b Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction announce 'Seems Like Forever' documentary DVD
- ^ Brian Leak: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction sweat and burn through new video for "Skeletons"
- ↑ Matt Crane: Alternative Press : Blessthefall announce US tour with Silverstein, The Amity Affliction, Secrets ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rock Sound : THE AMITY AFFLICTION AND VOLUMES WILL SUPPORT OF MICE & MEN IN EUROPE NEXT YEAR
- ↑ Nastassia Baroni: Music Feeds : The Amity Affliction 'The Weigh Down Under' National Tour Announced
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction, This Wild Life, Seaway, more announced for Warped Tour 2015
- ↑ Brian Leak: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction, Chelsea Grin announce tour with Secrets, the Plot In You, Cruel Hand ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Patrick Siegmann: Stageload : Impericon Never Say Die! Tour 2015 - Line-Up & Dates
- ^ Lars Brandle: Billboard : The Amity Affliction's Co-Founder Troy Brady Exits Mid-Tour
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Corporation : The Amity Affliction and A Day To Remember announce Big Ass Tour
- ↑ RockRevolt Magazine : THE AMITY AFFLICTION RETURN WITH 'THIS COULD BE HEARTBREAK'
- ↑ Sebastian Kessler: Metal Hammer : Rock am Ring 2016 interrupted due to severe weather warning
- ↑ Matt Brown: Metalinsider : Metal By Numbers 6/18: Can we get a Hellyeah?
- ↑ a b c Chart tracking: AU - US - NZ
- ^ Australian Recording Industry Association : Album Accreditations of 2015
- ↑ Australian Recording Industry Association : 2014 ARIA AWARDS CONNECTED BY TELSTRA | NOMINATED ARTISTS REVEALED
- ↑ Chart tracking: AU End
- ^ Matthias Weckmann: Metal Hammer : The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me criticism
- ↑ Florian Aberle: Stageload : The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me Review
- ^ Sebastian Berning: Powermetal.de : The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me criticism
- ^ Sarah O'Connor: Blunt Magazine : The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me Review
- ↑ Kevin Stewart-Panko: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me Review
- ↑ Chad Childers: Loudwire : The Amity Affliction - Let the Ocean Take Me Review
- ^ Metacritic : Let the Ocean Take Me
