The Amity Affliction Announce Ninth Album ‘House of Cards’
The metalcore brutes have also shared the album’s title track.
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The Amity Affliction are gearing up for the next era in the band’s career with the release of their long-awaited ninth studio album, House of Cards.
Arriving Friday 24 April via Pure Noise Records (pre-order here), House of Cards marks the band’s first full-length outing to feature clean vocalist Jonny Reeves, who became a permanent member of The Amity Affliction in 2025.
The band have also given fans a taste of what to expect from the album with the release of the album title track, ‘House of Cards’. The track was written by Joel Birch and speaks of the relationship between him, his brother and sister, and their mother.
Our mother died in 2024 and none of us had a healthy relationship with her,” Birch explains. “She was very self-involved, aggressive, abusive in our early years and in her later years, spent a good amount of time trying to put a wedge between the three of us. Thankfully once she passed, the three of us actually became closer as we realised we had individual, but shared trauma related to her.”
Accompanying the track is a music video directed by Daniel Daly that you can watch below.
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The release of House of Cards coincides with The Amity Affliction’s huge 21-date regional tour that sees the band joined by In Hearts Wake (select dates) and Redhook (all dates).
For many fans, this will be the first chance they have to witness clean vocalist and bassist Johnny Reeves after he joined the band permanently last year.
The tour kicks off in Queensland at The Station on the Sunshine Coast on Friday 13 February before hitting Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Mackay, Airlie Beach, Townsville, Cairns, Sydney, Newcastle, Tamworth, Coffs Harbour, Sydney, Wollongong, Central Coast, Albury, Hobart, Forth, Geelong, Traralgon and Frankston, with the final gig taking place in Adelaide at Bridgeway Hotel on Saturday 21 March.
Tickets for all shows are on sale now via sbmpresents.com.
The Amity Affliction’s 2026 regional tour is the last chance fans have to catch the band in the flesh before they tour the US in April, so be sure to grab your tickets now.
Catch The Amity Affliction performing at Bridgeway Hotel on Saturday 21 March. Tickets on sale now via sbmpresents.com. ‘House of Cards’, the single is out now. Listen here. House of Cards is out Friday 24 April via Pure Noise Records. Pre-order here.
The Amity Affliction Regional Tour Dates 2026
With special guests In Hearts Wake and Redhook
Friday 13 February – The Station, Sunshine Coast, QLD LIC/AA
Saturday 14 February – Powerhouse, Toowoomba, QLD 18+
Sunday 15 February – Miami Marketta, Gold Coast, QLD LIC/13+
Wednesday 18 February – McGuires Hotel, Mackay, QLD 18+
Thursday 19 February – Magnums, Airlie Beach, QLD 18+
Friday 20 February – JCU, Townsville, QLD 18+
Saturday 21 February – Ellis Beach Bar & Grill, Cairns, QLD 18+
Wednesday 25 February – Dee Why RSL, Sydney, NSW 18+
Thursday 26 February – Bar On The Hill (University of Newcastle), Newcastle, NSW LIC/AA
Friday 27 February – Wests Tamworth, Tamworth, NSW 18+
Saturday 28 February – Jetty Beach House, Coffs Harbour, NSW LIC/AA
Thursday 5 March – Panthers Penrith, Sydney, NSW 18+
Friday 6 March – UOW Hall, Wollongong, NSW LIC/AA
Saturday 7 March – Woodport Hotel, Central Coast, NSW 18+
Wednesday 11 March – Beer Deluxe, Albury, NSW 18+
Friday 13 March – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS LIC/AA
Saturday 14 March – Forth Pub, Forth, TAS 18+
Wednesday 18 March – Eureka Hotel, Geelong, VIC 18+
Thursday 19 March – The Deck, Traralgon, VIC 18+
Friday 20 March – Pier Bandroom, Frankston, VIC 18+
Saturday 21 March – Bridgeway Hotel, Adelaide, SA 18+
