Young Fathers announce live video filmed in partnership with Amnesty International

The session, directed by Tom Hingston, features performances of the tracks "I Saw", "Rice", and "Geronimo". All three tracks from the session are taken from the band’s fourth album, Heavy Heavy, which was released earlier this year.

The full video will be available to view on Bandcamp from 6:30pm tomorrow, 21 June to mark Refugee Week (19-25 June) – an annual arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.

Fans are able to watch the live rendition of "Rice" individually as a preview of the intimate performance, with the full session available to watch on Bandcamp when donating to Amnesty International from tomorrow.

The launch of the video and Refugee Week comes as the UK government prepares to permanently disqualify people’s asylum claims en masse regardless of the strength of their case. Amnesty International says the current immigration bill speeding through parliament will create significant obstacles, penalties and harms to people seeking asylum in the UK.

Alloysious Massaquoi who arrived in the UK with his family as a 4-year-old child refugee, said: “I know full well the hardships of fleeing a warzone. That’s why it’s important for us to collectively speak up for refugee rights and show camaraderie. Most of all we need to show compassion - it brings hope and understanding. It’s transformative. It gave my family and I the chance at a new life.“

Alongside the news of the live session, the band will release two limited edition t-shirt designs in conjunction with Everpress to further raise money and highlight the cause. All proceeds from the sale of the t-shirts will be donated to Amnesty International.