Foto-© Hollie Fernando

Kaum ist der erste Song Unnecessary Drama vom kommenden zehnten Belle And Sebastian-Studioalbum A Bit of Previous (VÖ: 06.05.) draußen, folgt schon der nächste – dieses Mal, aber unter schwierigen Vorzeichen, folgt auf die beschwingte klein-große-Pop-Melodie doch mit If They’re Shooting At You eine Single, mit der die Schotten den Ukraine Konflikt behandeln. In Zusammenarbeit mit Fotografen, die über den russischen Angriffskrieg dort berichten, hat die Band ein Video zusammengestellt und wird sämtliche Erlöse zur Unterstützung der vom Konflikt betroffenen Menschen an das Rote Kreuz spenden! Spenden, die bis zum 18. März eingehen, werden von der britischen Regierung als Teil des gemeinsamen Aufrufs mit dem Disasters Emergency Committee verdoppelt. Somit sendet die Band eine Botschaft von Solidarität und Hoffnung.

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.“