Viola Beach, the guitar band from Warrington who sadly passed away in a tragic car crash earlier in the year, have topped the charts with their posthumously released debut album.
The eponymously titled record was released via their own Fuller Beans Records and features nines songs from the group including the track Swings and Waterslides.
Viola Beach’s four members - Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin - and their manager Craig Tarry were tragically killed in a car crash in Stockholm earlier this year.
In a statement on the band’s record reaching number one, the families of the band and their manager said: ‘The tragedy that ended Craig, Jack, Kris, River & Tom's lives in Sweden and the pain and sense of loss will never leave us. By sending the Viola Beach album to number one the public have sent out an important message to the world.
‘The tragic circumstance that met Viola Beach and their manager Craig that fateful night in Sweden will not now define their lives. What will now define their lives and what they will be remembered for, forever, is the music they were so passionate about making together.
‘For that, we will be eternally humbled and ever thankful to every single person who by buying this glorious album has invested in their lasting musical legacy. The pain will never leave us but neither will the affection shown by every fan. Maybe one day that affection will live longer in the memory than the pain. So from us all, a simple but heartfelt 'thank you’.’
Listen and purchase the Viola Beach album.
The eponymously titled record was released via their own Fuller Beans Records and features nines songs from the group including the track Swings and Waterslides.
Viola Beach’s four members - Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin - and their manager Craig Tarry were tragically killed in a car crash in Stockholm earlier this year.
In a statement on the band’s record reaching number one, the families of the band and their manager said: ‘The tragedy that ended Craig, Jack, Kris, River & Tom's lives in Sweden and the pain and sense of loss will never leave us. By sending the Viola Beach album to number one the public have sent out an important message to the world.
‘The tragic circumstance that met Viola Beach and their manager Craig that fateful night in Sweden will not now define their lives. What will now define their lives and what they will be remembered for, forever, is the music they were so passionate about making together.
‘For that, we will be eternally humbled and ever thankful to every single person who by buying this glorious album has invested in their lasting musical legacy. The pain will never leave us but neither will the affection shown by every fan. Maybe one day that affection will live longer in the memory than the pain. So from us all, a simple but heartfelt 'thank you’.’
Listen and purchase the Viola Beach album.
