Failsafe Statement On Matt Cogley And The Future Of The Band

By Mike Scott

In their first statement since the untimely death of Matt Cogley, the band’s guitarist, on new year’s day, Failsafe have talked of their sorrow and the plans for continuing his memory through the music. Please read the whole thing, but here is the quote on the band’s plans now:

“As the reality of this loss begins to set in, so do some of it’s repercussions. It has come to light that we owe it to Matt to let his legacy live on through his music. We feel compelled to try and give our most recent and last album Routines the exposure it deserves. We also have a renewed desire to get the acoustic songs that we all recorded together out there soon. In the circumstances, we feel really keen make our efforts as positive as possible and as such, a portion of the profit from the sale of the record will be donated to a charity by the name of CALM (www.thecalmzone.net). Details will soon follow.”

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