In September 2019, with no announcements or fanfare, the Trews released “Touch”, a song they had recorded earlier that spring with Civilianaires producer Derek Hoffman. The video was shot in one day and was directed by John-Angus MacDonald; it is a single-shot from beginning to end, only their second video to be shot in this format. The second song from that session, “God Speed Rebel”, was released in April 2020 during the global COVID-19 pandemic . The band recorded the video using Zoom video chatting technology, one of the first groups to do so, and all proceeds from the song, including views on YouTube and streams on Spotify and Apple Music, go to the Unison Benevolent fund, a Canadian arts charity that supports musicians and those in the music industry in times of emergency. The band also canvassed for videos from their fans of them lip-syncing along with the song, and created another version of the video that was released with the title “Stay Home Rebel”.
Released ‘Touch’
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