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Viola Beach tragedy

Last week all four members of the band Viola Beach, along with their manager, died as their car went off a bridge in Sweden while they were on tour. From the BBC news release: "Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarry were killed when their car plunged more than 25m (82ft) from a highway bridge into a canal." I encourage you to read all of the BBC story.

Like most of you, this tragedy is unfortunately my introduction to the band. I have been listening to them quite a bit the last few days though, and they were excellent. Below you will find links to some of their music, and I encourage you to check it out as you remember them and the pain their families and friends are dealing with right now.

First of all, here is a link to a live Daytrotter session they did in October.

And here is their first two songs streaming on Bandcamp:

And their most recent song on Soundcloud: