Colt 45 have released ‘I Remember When The Rain Came Down’ as a single in aid of victims of the recent floods in Cumbria, UK. The track originally appeared on their ‘The Tide Is Turning’ LP, but is now accompanied by a video depicting the aftermath of the recent events.
“We’ve all been affected by the terrible floods in Cumbria previously in 2005 and 2009 and now, again, right before Christmas this year,” the band explain in a statement. “The community spirit here in Carlisle and Workington has been amazing – everyone’s helping each other out with the clean-up, sorting through destroyed possessions and trying to prepare for as normal a Christmas as possible. We’ve been lucky this time to not be directly hit ourselves, and our rehearsal room just about survived, but we have close family & friends whose homes & belongings have been destroyed – some for the second or third time in 10 years.”
“We want to do what we can for the Cumbria Flood Appeal and this track (‘I Remember When The Rain Came Down’ from our debut album, ‘The Tide Is Turning’) is all about the effect of the 2009 floods on our community, so it seems quite appropriate to make this our download to help raise some funds for our friends & neighbours this time around. We can only hope that these sorts of situations can be prevented better in future – we all know Cumbria gets its fair share of crap weather, but our thoughts are with everyone affected by the awful storms and we send our best wishes to everyone for a quick recovery and a decent Christmas – good luck.”
The track can either be purchased with proceeds being donated to the Cumbria Flood Appeal, or you can directly donate via Just Giving.
Colt 45 will be touring alongside Faux early next year.
JANUARY 2016
21 BRISTOL The Gryphon
22 PLYMOUTH The Junction
23 BRIGHTON Sticky Mike’s
24 DERBY Victoria Inn