Death Cab Cutie have released a new song in tribute to children who lost their lives in the 1999 Bellingham Olympic Pipeline explosion in Seattle, WA, “Kids in ’99.” The track will be featured in the band’s upcoming five-song The Blue EP.

THE BLUE EP is out September 6th. Listen to “Kids in ’99” now: https://t.co/2u9JntQSUL

THE BLUE EP is a collection of five new tracks that share a similar conception but different births. We love these songs and can’t wait for you to hear them. pic.twitter.com/vcnazGml0C

— Death Cab for Cutie (@dcfc) July 30, 2019

Vocalist/guitarist Benjamin Gibbard described the song in a statement:

“Kids in ’99” is a tribute to the three children who died in 1999 from the Olympic Pipeline explosion in Bellingham, Washington. The Olympic Pipeline explosion in 1999 was a tragedy that really affected me while we were living in Bellingham. After all these years I felt it was worthy of its own folk song.”

The Blue EP is out Sept. 6.