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Darkest Hour (in aid of British Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal)

by Silent Running

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Silent Running release ‘Darkest Hour’ to raise funds for Red Cross Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

Silent Running has not only re-formed after 25 years, but they’re launching their new album 'Follow the Light' and simultaneously raising money for Ukraine’s Humanitarian Appeal.

Peter Gamble, lead singer for Silent Running said;

“It has been hard to take in the events in Ukraine over the past weeks. We have all been watching the news intently feeling all kinds of emotions; sadness and anger at the devastation this war is causing.

We in Silent Running wanted to do something to support the millions of people displaced as attacks on Ukrainian homes and cities continue. For that reason we have decided to release ‘Darkest Hour’ - a song from our new album ‘Follow the Light’ - as a download on Bandcamp to help relief efforts.

After approaching the British Red Cross we have agreed that all profits from the download will go to its Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

In addition we will be fundraising at our forthcoming gig in Voodoo, Belfast on April 29th, 2022.”

Charlotte King, Regional Organiser with the British Red Cross in Belfast said:

“The Ukraine Crisis Appeal will support people in areas currently affected and those potentially affected in the future by the crisis.

Since the conflict began, the Ukrainian Red Cross has distributed 400 tonnes of aid, including food, bedding, blankets, tents, water, and hygiene items across the country. Another 350 tonnes of aid has arrived in Ukraine, including 200 tonnes from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) with war-wounded kits, kitchen sets, water and sanitation supplies. More aid is in the pipeline.

The Ukrainian Red Cross has also provided food, warm clothing and other aid to around 7,000 people sheltering in metro stations. They are also providing first aid, and have done first aid training for more than 12,000 people in metro stations and bomb shelters.

Red Cross teams in bordering countries are providing psycho-social support, hot food and drinks, and helping families to stay connected, and will be providing cash assistance, so that families can purchase what they need locally.”

Tickets are available on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/silent-running-tickets-164182419035


More information on how the Red Cross is helping in bordering countries can be found here www.redcross.org.uk/stories/disasters-and-emergencies/world/ukraine-red-cross-response-in-europe

lyrics

Darkest hour blackest, blackest, blackest night
Only twenty thousand more until the morning light
Falling down, can’t stop from falling down
Just need to get my feet back onto solid ground
But we will rise again rise from this oblivion
We will rise again don’t know how and I don’t know when but darling until then

I’ll be searching for a spark inside this darkest hour
Searching for a beacon in the night
Searching for a spark inside this darkest hour
In the night, in the night

Shifting sands, shifting sands inside of me
And these forty shades of blue are all that I can see
The battles on and girl were gonna fight to win
Gonna climb out of this dungeon we've been living in
And we will rise again, rise from this oblivion but darling until then

I’ll be searching for a spark inside this darkest hour
Searching for a beacon in the night
Searching for a spark inside this darkest hour
In the night, In the night

It’s gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright

We will rise again, rise from this oblivion but darling until then, until then, until then
I’ll be searching for a spark inside this darkest hour
Searching for a beacon in the night
Searching for a spark inside this darkest hour
In the night, In the night

I’ll be searching for a spark inside this darkest hour
Searching for a beacon in the night
Searching for a spark inside this darkest hour
In the night, In the night

It’s gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright

credits

released March 30, 2022
Silent Running:

Paul Rocks – Keyboards, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Peter Gamble – Vocals, acoustic guitar
Richard Collett – Bass guitar, backing vocals
Tony Scott – Guitar, backing vocals
Gary Kirby – Drums, drum programming, percussion, backing vocals

Recorded and mixed at Novatech Studios

Written by Peter Gamble.

Arranged and produced by Silent Running

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Gary Aiken

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Silent Running Belfast, UK

Silent Running are a Belfast-based rock band who have released four studio albums and one live album.

SHADES OF LIBERTY on EMI.

WALK ON FIRE and
DEEP on Atlantic.

In 2020 the band released the album LIVE IN VOODOO, BELFAST

The album FOLLOW THE LIGHT was released on April 1st 2022 ... more

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