This could be heartbreak
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August 12, 2016 |
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2015 |
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44 min 47 sec |
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This Could Be Heartbreak is the fifth studio album of the Australian post-hardcore - band The Amity Affliction , which on August 12, 2016 at UNFD in Australia and Roadrunner Records was published worldwide.
background
In November 2015, the group released the song Shine On, their first new material since the fourth studio album Let the Ocean Take Me , which was released in 2014. Until May 18, 2016, it was unclear whether the song would be a first taste of the new album. After the group announced the album on May 18, 2016 for August 12, 2016 and announced the track list, it was clear that the song should be a stand-alone single. Instead, I Bring the Weather With Me, the first official single was released on the day the album was officially announced. The pre-order phase for the album began a day later.
The album was recorded by Will Putney , who has worked with the band in the past. On July 11, 2016, the second single was released with the song named after the album. On August 9, 2016, three days before the album was released, another song was pre-released with All Fucked Up . The album was finally released on August 12, 2016.
Track list
| # | title | length |
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| 1. | I bring the weather with me | 4:36 |
| 2. | This could be heartbreak | 3:53 |
| 3. | Nightmare | 3:47 |
| 4th | Tearing Me Apart | 3:47 |
| 5. | OMGIMY | 4:51 |
| 6th | All fucked up | 3:49 |
| 7th | Fight My Regret | 3:37 |
| 8th. | Some friends | 3:34 |
| 9. | Wishbone | 3:45 |
| 10. | Note to Self | 3:53 |
| 11. | Blood in My Mouth | 5:15 |
promotion
In order to promote the album, the group has booked an album release tour through Australia for August . The tour was announced on the day the album was announced on May 18, 2016. The tour begins on August 19, 2016 in Brisbane and was originally supposed to end on August 31, 2016 after three concerts in Melbourne . However, the rush to the concerts was so great that the management decided to add a second show on the following day in each city, so that the concert tour includes six performances. On July 11, 2016 it was announced that the entire concert tour in Australia was sold out.
A tour of North America was announced on June 6, 2016 . This starts on September 10, 2016 with a performance at the High Elevation Festival in Denver , Colorado and ends on October 22, 2016 in Pomona , California . The concert tour will be accompanied by Being as an Ocean , Hundredth and Trophy Eyes . The band Deadships also appears at individual concerts . The tour also includes several music festivals, including the Houston Open Air , Rock Allegiance Festival , Sonic Boom Festival and Louder Than Life Festival . A European tour will follow between November 29 and December 22, 2016, including Germany , Spain , France , Belgium , Scandinavia , Austria and the United Kingdom . The Amity Affliction toured on May 28 and July 2, 2016 as part of a festival tour through several European countries. The band played at several music festivals, including Rock im Park , the Slam Dunk Festival , the Graspop Metal Meeting , Vainstream , Greenfield , Nova Rock , Hellfest , the Download Festival and With Full Force , with the The appearance at Rock am Ring had to be canceled due to several storms . However, no song from This Could Be Heartbreak was performed on this tour .
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Commercially
Mike Hohnen from the Australian online music magazine MusicFeeds started from the fact that the last two previous works Chasing Ghosts and Let the Ocean Take Me both occupied number 1 in the Australian album charts and that This Could Be Heartbreak was also a number one Album in Australia . The news that the entire Australian tour in August was already sold out reinforced his assumption. In fact, This Could Be Heartbreak debuted at the top of the Australian album charts in the week ending August 22nd, 2016.
The album entered the German and British album charts for the first time in the week of August 19, 2016 , where it was listed at number 29 and 51 respectively. Like its predecessor , This Could Be Heartbreak made it into the New Zealand charts , where it landed at number 32. The album was also listed for the first time in the Belgian album charts , where it peaked at number 145 in the week of August 20, 2016. The album landed at number 13 in Scotland . Chart listings in Austria and Switzerland followed a little later .
Reviews
Matt Doria of the Australian Blunt Magazine writes that the album is much darker compared to its predecessor Let the Ocean Take Me . However, he is of the opinion that the album is much weaker than its predecessor, even if he emphasizes that This Could Be Heartbreak is a good album. Gavin Britton of the Australian Rolling Stone described some songs from the album as catchy and heavy. The lyrics are about topics like depression and suicide . Precisely because of the stagnant musical sound as well as the great singing of Ahren Stringer, the band could get more hits and play sold-out tours. In Alternative Press states that the group really depressive lyrics in the chorus of pop-punk leave and sound brightening. The band shows all its strength when they show themselves from their tough times. The gutturally performed vocals and the metalcore sound reflect their dark, cinematic and eerie nature.
Pascal Irmer from FUZE Magazine writes that the group relies on tried and tested formulas. So the group worked again with Will Putney , who had worked with the band in the past. In addition, the band processed hard riffs and melodic vocals, which on this album, however, came across as more pop-punk than ever before. The music on This Could Be Heartbreak is even comparable to A Day to Remember . Jan Hassenpflug from Laut.de wrote a rather sobering review. The interplay of aggression and gorgeous melodies has achieved recognition value, but even in the songwriting process, calculations quickly crept into what plays into the cards of those people who see Metalcore doomed to fail. Despite the sensitive subject of depression, the album turned out to be shockingly flat, both musically and in terms of content. In addition, the screamings are monotonous and the clearly sung Led passages are completely interchangeable. The author comes to the conclusion that a talented band has completely lost the thread with increasing success.
Individual evidence
- ^ Brian Leak: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction highlight the power of young love in "Shine On" video
- ↑ a b Blabbermouth.net : THE AMITY AFFLICTION To Release 'This Could Be Heartbreak' Album In August
- ^ Richard Bienstock: Revolver : The Amity Affliction Premiere New Song And Video, "I Bring The Weather With Me"
- ↑ Chad Childers: Loudwire : The Amity Affliction Reveal 'This Could Be Heartbreak' Album Details, Unleash 'I Bring the Weather With Me' Video
- ↑ a b c d Mike Hohnen: MusicFeeds : The Amity Affliction Unleash New Album Title Track 'This Could Be Heartbreak'
- ↑ Blabbermouth.net : THE AMITY AFFLICTION: Listen To New Song 'All F ** ked Up'
- ↑ Tom Williams: MusicFeeds : The Amity Affliction Announce New Album, New Aussie Tour Dates & Share New Single
- ^ Tyler Sharp: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction announce tour with Being As An Ocean, Hundredth, others
- ↑ Christina O'Neill: Metal Hammer : The Amity Affliction announce European winter 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
- ↑ a b c d e Chart tracking: AU - NZ - US - UK - DE - AT - CH , other charts: BE (V) - SCO
- ^ ARIA : Third # 1 For The Amity Affliction
- ↑ Matt Doria: Blunt Magazine : The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak Review
- ↑ Gavin Britton: Rolling Stone : The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak Review ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Taylor Markarian: Alternative Press : The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak Review ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Pascal Irmer: FUZE Magazine : The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak Review ( Memento of the original from August 5, 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.
- ↑ Jan Hassenpflug: Laut.de : The Amity Affliction - This Could Be Heartbreak Critique
