The Amity Affliction have launched a press release to followers confirming that co-vocalist and bassist Ahren Stringer is now not a part of the band.
The band launched their most up-to-date album, ‘Not With out My Ghosts’, in 2023. Stringer was absent from their 2024 North American reside dates and later introduced he could be taking time away from touring so as to concentrate on his well being.
Within the message posted to social media final evening (February 14), the band mentioned “We’re conscious our followers have been ready for us to touch upon the state of affairs between Ahren and the band. This will probably be our solely assertion. We now have been selecting to remain silent till now, as we needed to deal with this privately with respect to all concerned. Sadly, it has develop into clear to us that that is now not doable and we owe it to you, our followers, to remark.”
They continued, “Ahren will now not be touring or recording with The Amity Affliction. We acknowledge that we’ve got all had our fair proportion of points over time. However sadly, over time the connection between Ahren and the band has utterly damaged down whereas he has been coping with difficult components of his private life. The band have needed to cancel excursions and cross on many alternatives in hopes of supporting Ahren, however shifting ahead we discover it inconceivable to proceed to tolerate sure behaviours which were directed at ourselves and people near us. Ahren has made it very clear on quite a few events that he doesn’t get pleasure from or need to proceed touring. We nonetheless have so much to provide as a band and we’re excited to proceed touring and sharing new music with you. We additionally perceive that we have to show ourselves to you all, and thanks for sticking with us.”
They concluded, “The music we’ve created with Ahren will eternally bind us and we’re grateful for the nice instances we had collectively. We want Ahren all the most effective in his private {and professional} future. We look ahead to seeing you all on tour.”
The message is signed from Joel, Dan and Joe.