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\n\tDuring Alabama Shakes<\/a>\u2018 sublime set at Ohana Festival on Saturday in Dana Point, California, frontwoman Brittany Howard<\/a> paused the show to deliver a brief commentary on hope and solidarity amid nationwide Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids that have devasted communities across the United States. <\/p>\n \n\tHoward, who wore a billowing white gown and an \u201cICE OUT\u201d pin prominently attached to her guitar strap, addressed the thousands gathered in the heart of Orange County\u2019s conservative enclave. \u201cI was thinking about people who risk their life, living to protect each other, protect their communities, protect their neighbors, protect our rights, and when I see that, it gives me hope for our future,\u201d said Howard. \u201cAt the end of it all, it\u2019s really just us taking care of each other.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe singer\u2019s message was met with cheers from the beachside crowd, which was just a few cities down from MAGA-heavy Huntington Beach. Howard\u2019s words echoes Alabama Shakes\u2019 first new record in 11 years, I Must Be Dreaming<\/a><\/em>, which finds the band reckoning with the social and political shakeups that have happened over the past decade \u2014 alongside the beauty found in the everyday. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI want people to be able to know that they can rely on each other,\u201d Howard told Rolling Stone <\/a><\/em>last month when discussing the LP.<\/p>\n