On September 11th Crystal Fighter's drummer Andrea Marongiu tragically passed away. The band today posted an update concerning his cause of death on their Facebook page:
"Thank you all so much for your messages of condolence, sadness and shock over the passing of Andrea. We don’t wish to go into too much detail at this time, but we must let you all know that he was taken from us due to an underlying heart condition that we didn’t know existed. Andrea was a keen water polo player and complained of some heart pains after training, so sought professional advice the following day and seemed to be recovering well at home, but was taken from us by the same affliction on the evening of Thursday 11th September. His wife and family wanted all Crystal Fighters fans to know that he absolutely loved playing for you all, and I want to thank you all for loving him back for it. Peace to you all at this difficult time."
"Thank you all so much for your messages of condolence, sadness and shock over the passing of Andrea. We don’t wish to go into too much detail at this time, but we must let you all know that he was taken from us due to an underlying heart condition that we didn’t know existed. Andrea was a keen water polo player and complained of some heart pains after training, so sought professional advice the following day and seemed to be recovering well at home, but was taken from us by the same affliction on the evening of Thursday 11th September. His wife and family wanted all Crystal Fighters fans to know that he absolutely loved playing for you all, and I want to thank you all for loving him back for it. Peace to you all at this difficult time."
The band have already confirmed that they will continue making music as they want to continue "to unite people through positive music and love".