Belle and Sebastian haben einen neuen Song samt einem Video mit dem Titel „If They’re Shooting At You“ veröffentlicht, um die von der schrecklichen Situation in der Ukraine Betroffenen zu unterstützen. Die visuelle Collage ist eine Zusammenarbeit mit Fotografen, die über den Konflikt in der Ukraine berichten und die Situation vor Ort beleuchten, während sie eine Botschaft der Solidarität und Hoffnung vermitteln.
Belle and Sebastian werden sämtliche Einnahmen aus dem Song, sowohl aus Streaming- und Digitalverkäufen als auch aus Tantiemen, an das Rote Kreuz spenden. Spenden, die bis zum 18. März über Bandcamp eingehen, werden von der britischen Regierung als Teil des gemeinsamen Aufrufs mit dem Disasters Emergency Committee verdoppelt. Auch auf den Streaming-Plattformen gibt es eine Option, direkt zu spenden.
Stuart Murdoch über den Song und die Intention:
When the situation in Ukraine first started to happen it became clear that the lives of the people there, and probably ‘ours’ too, were never going to be the same. The band had just started rolling out tracks for our new album, and it all felt a bit silly to be honest.
We had one track called ‘If They’re Shooting At You’, it’s a song about being lost, broken and under threat of violence. The key line is ‘if they’re shooting at you kid you must be doing something right.’
We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and hope that their pain and suffering can be brought to a halt as soon as possible.
We got in touch with various photographers and creatives in Ukraine and they generously said that we could put their pictures to music. In creating this we aspire to show a hopeful, defiant side, as well as bringing an awareness to the plight of the people there.
We think any way in which we can get behind Ukraine – politically, culturally, practically, spiritually – it must all add up in the end. Together we have to do what it takes to help Ukraine beat this tyranny.
Please consider giving to the Disasters Emergency Committee, The Red Cross, or any other humanitarian charity involved in the crisis.
If you choose to donate to the Red Cross, please visit here redcross.org.uk/ukraine. They are part of the joint appeal with the DEC until March 18th, and money donated before then will be matched by the UK government.
If They’re Shooting At You’ is a co-production between Belle and Sebastian, Shawn Everett and Brian McNeill. It features a choir fronted by Anjolee Williams. The video collage was compiled by Marisa Privitera Murdoch.
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