The families of British band Viola Beach, who died in a car crash in Sweden in February, have announced that their debut album will be posthumously released next month.
Band members Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe and Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarry were killed when their vehicle plunged more than 80ft from a bridge into a canal in Sodertalje, 18 miles from the Swedish capital of Stockholm, in the early hours of Saturday, February 13.
In a statement, their families said they were "tremendously proud" of everything the five young men had achieved and felt the best way to celebrate their lives was to release an album of their songs.
"Craig, Jack, Kris, River and Tom shared a huge passion, talent and dedication to music," they said.
"This is their legacy and we know deep in our hearts that the boys would want the world to listen to the music they poured everything into. This was only the beginning for them and these nine songs were written with every intention to be shared, heard and, most of all, enjoyed.
"We hope that it brings you as much happiness listening to it as we know it did to them making it."
The album will be released on the band's own label, Fuller Beans Records, on Friday, July 29.
