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Let the Ocean Take Me by The Amity Affliction
Let the Ocean Take Me is an album by The Amity Affliction, released in 2014. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 3 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Pittsburgh”, on 1 list with a best position of #22.
Let the Ocean Take Me, the Amity Affliction's fourth album, came out through Roadrunner in June 2014, and it's the sound of a metalcore band from Gympie, Queensland, letting its misery hit like a breaking wave. Will Putney produced, and the lineup had shifted: it was the first record with guitarist Dan Brown and the last with founding lead guitarist Troy Brady, with Ryan Burt pounding the drums behind Joel Birch's lead vocals.
The band made its name with raw, personal songs about depression, anxiety and death, many rooted in Birch's own past, and "Pittsburgh", "Don't Lean on Me" and "The Weigh Down" hit with crushing weight and huge, cathartic choruses. The band thought enough of the record to re-record the whole thing as a Redux for its tenth anniversary in 2024, and the album won Best Independent Heavy Album or EP at the 2025 AIR Awards.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Let the Ocean Take Me on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pittsburgh | 1 | #22 | – | 2014 | |
| 2 | Don't Lean on Me | 1 | #64 | – | 2014 | |
| 3 | The Weigh Down | 1 | #71 | – | 2014 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.