Boy Kill Boy are to release a single dedicated to one of CMU's favourite charities, War Child. A proportion of the sales from 'Shoot Me Down', which is the fourth single to be released from their debut album 'Civilian', will be donated to the organisation. There are also plans for the band to appear at an upcoming benefit gig.
Singer Chris Peck, who has past experience of one of War Child's project zones, commented: "Back in '95 I was lucky to spend a couple of months in Uganda with a home-grown organisation called 'The Ruwenzori Project'. There, me and fifteen others worked on an environmental programme in the Ruwenzori jungle which borders Uganda and the DRC. With this and through visiting neighbouring schools and orphanages I had a pretty up-close experience of war's devastation on the community, especially the kids."
He continued: "Those stories have since stayed with me so now I'm delighted to have anything to do with War Child and their long-term vision. We can't wait to play in support of the charity and to have our next single 'Shoot Me Down' linked to the project. Most of all we look forward to growing with War Child and being a part of this down the line in any way we can."
War Child's Julian Carrera added: "At War Child we love it when great British bands decide they want to stand up and represent the children we work with. Boy Kill Boy are another great British band and have had a fantastic year, and we are delighted that they have chosen to lend their support to our work - and to help us long term too. We're really excited the band has decided to make their single 'Shoot You Down' a War Child single too."
The band are, of course, on tour at the moment - upcoming dates as follows:
10 Oct: Preston 53 Degrees
11 Oct: Newcastle University
14 Oct: Sheffield Plug
15 Oct: Glasgow ABC
16 Oct: Edinburgh Queens Hall
17 Oct: Manchester Ritz
19 Oct: Birmingham Irish Centre
20 Oct: Southampton University
22 Oct: Bristol Bierkeller
23 Oct: London Astoria
25 Oct: Brighton Corn Exchange
26 Oct: Bournemouth Old Fire Station