Proceeds donated to Music Health Alliance
NASHVILLE, TENN. – Valentine’s Day is about hearts and flowers, but love is action. British country trio Essex County embraces the concept in their new single “For You,” available now.
Written by Andrew Dorff and Josh Osborne, the song extols the virtues of true love with lyrics including, “Follow your own heart| Pray on your own stars| I love you for you.”
The song felt personal to the band’s singer Nate Bass who has been with his girlfriend since they were children.
“She mispronounced a word, and it was so cute,” said Nate Bass, who along with his brothers Mark and Kieran Bass, comprise the trio. “I was done for. I kept going by her house to see her, and her gran would put me to work in the attic.”
As adults, the brothers know that love comes in many different forms. During the COVID-19 pandemic, people had to be intentional to maintain relationships. Zoom calls replaced family gatherings, neighbors became socially distant friends and pets became an even larger companionship staple. In a new video for “For You” that will be released on Feb. 14, Essex County will celebrate all of the creative ways people continue to stay connected.
Essex County did a call to action on their social media pages and asked fans to submit photos and videos of them spending time with the people they loved. The videos were sewn into a highly personal music clip that showcases the trio, their family and their fans living and loving life over the last 12 months.
“The video just captures your heart,” Mark Bass said. “We watch it and realize that 2020 was much more than a pandemic – it was time with our friends and family that we wouldn’t have had.”
“For You” for Music Health Alliance
Taking love in action a step further, Essex County will donate a portion of the proceeds from “For You” to Music Health Alliance. The organization, a non-profit that provides the U.S. music industry with free healthcare advocacy and support through access to health insurance, medical testing, mental health resources, medications and more, was challenged in 2020, first by a catastrophic tornado and then by the COVID-19 pandemic. Music Health Alliance is personal to the brothers who have received emergency health care assistance from the group.
“We thought this was a brilliant opportunity to give back to the people who stood in the gap for us when we had no one else,” Kieran Bass said. “Hearts and flowers are nice. But, people showing up when you need them is priceless. They were love in action for us, and we just want to say, ‘Thank you.’”
For more information on Essex County:
Website: www.essexcountyband.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/
Twitter: twitter.com/essex_countyUK
These three brothers are amazing! Their talent, oh their harmony that only being brothers have. Some songs from mom’s poetry. They are really great guys,funny, energetic and hard working. I miss their live concerts. They have kept us entertained threw this hard time with Sunday shows on Facebook and the surprise last June of a new song every Friday. They had 4 at one time on the CMT 12 pack countdown first ones ever. I miss the boys.