The Amity Affliction's Vocalist & Songwriter Joel Birch Talks House of Cards, Mental Health, Touring & Creates His Full Circle!

An absolute honour to have The Amity Affliction's Joel Birch on The Full Circle this week! We spoke just before the band started their US tour with August Burns Red and he speaks about his excitement returning back to America!

He also opens about his mental health and what is helping him more these days, the difficulties with social media, and also being misquoted about why he did not like working in a studio before... it's not the reason you think!

Joel also plays a lyrics quiz where he had to work out if the lyrics were Amity Affliction or not; you may notice an album was missed out and Joel was in agreement to leave it out and explains why! We also talk about their upcoming album House of Cards, due to be released on 24th April 2026, and how the songs came about for this album.

And, of course, Joel creates his Full Circle, choosing some of his favourite songs, with lyrics resonating with him, ranging from Modern Life Is War to Poison The Well!

Playlist for the songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7c32sCJcmWJy7LbyVzQ5DX

Amity Affliction are currently playing live shows in the USA, and are coming back to the UK and mainland Europe later this year! Full details at https://theamityaffliction.net/

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Thank you to Joel for being an incredible guest and thank you for listening to the show!

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