new album, co-written with long-time friend and musical collaborator Calum MacColl. This was the first time he had participated in a crowd-funded project. The project significantly exceeded its funding goals, and he regularly expressed his surprise and gratefulness through video updates on the PledgeMusic site. His experience with the process also contributed to the name of the album, Blind Faith, was released on 13 April 2015. Several months later, he recorded a Catalan version of "Wonderful Life" as a fundraiser for the Catalan telethon La Marató de TV3. Vearncombe sang a Catalan translation of the original lyrics. Death On 10 January 2016, Vearncombe was involved in a car accident, near Cork Airport in Ireland, and placed in a medically induced coma after sustaining serious head injuries. He never regained consciousness and died from his injuries at the intensive care unit of Cork University Hospital on 26 January 2016, at the age of 53. Vearncombe left a widow, Swedish opera singer and former One 2 Many singer Camilla Griehsel, and three children. His remains were cremated on 4 February 2016. Discography Wonderful Life (1987) Comedy (1988) Black (1991) Are We Having Fun Yet? (1993) The Accused (1999) Water on Snow (2000) Smoke Up Close (2002) Between Two Churches (2005) The Given (2009) Water on Stone (2009) Blind Faith (2015) References External links Single Black Spot colinvearncombe.nl – fansite Blogsite Colin Vearncombe didn't want to be defined by one song – and he shouldn't be at theguardian.com, published 27 January 2016 1962 births 2016 deaths English male singer-songwriters English new wave musicians English pop singers Male new wave singers Singers from Liverpool Road incident deaths in the Republic of Ireland 20th-century English singers 21st-century English singers 20th-century British male singers 21st-century British male singers