Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave, and PJ Harvey have submitted songs to a compilation album raising money for those affected by the Los Angeles fires.
Fellow artists Gary Numan, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Primal Scream are among the sixteen-track compilation released on Bandcamp by Los Angeles Rising. A preview of the Harvey, Cocker and Numan songs are available on the site but purchasing the album will give you the whole sixteen tracks. A description of the album and its aim can be found on the page, with a purchase option of $10 or more.
It reads: “A compilation of music benefitting the SWEET RELIEF Musicians Fund and their work supporting artists and music professionals who have lost their homes and instruments in the Los Angeles fires. Musician Kevin Haskins (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus), Record producer Nick Launay (Nick Cave, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, IDLES) came together after witnessing the destruction of the homes and livelihoods of not only fellow artists but also of their support structure of crew, publicists, marketing teams and of their collaborators, producers, recording and mastering engineers.
“Digging into their own archives for unheard gems, they decided to reach out to like minded artists for their own contributions, and the response was overwhelming! Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, Danny Elfman, Gary Numan, and Primal Scream are just some of the artists that quickly jumped on board to donate unreleased songs for the cause.
All proceeds from the compilation will go to SWEET RELIEF and will be sold exclusively via Bandcamp. SWEET RELIEF MUSICIANS FUND is a nonprofit organization that provides financial assistance to career musicians and music industry professionals, who face financial hardships caused by unexpected life-altering circumstances. The art is a donation from Studio Number One, with art by Christian Scott, and direction by Shepard Fairey.”
A tracklist for Los Angeles Rising can be found below.
- PJ Harvey with Dani Bensi and Saunder Jurrains – The Red River
- Grinderman – Worm Tamer
- Gary Numan and Titan – Dark Rain
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Turn Into
- Band of Skulls – Cold Cold Sweat
- Jarvis Cocker and Kim Sion – California Dreamin’
- Primal Scream – False Flags
- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Michaelangelo
- Danny Elfman – Monkeys on the Loose
- Devo – Shoulda Said Yes
- Siobhan Fahey and Titan – Deep in L.A.
- CRX – Blip on the Radar
- David J – No New Tale to Tell
- Flea Frusciante Haskins and Deangelis – A System for Shutting Everything Out
- Natacha Atlas and Samy Bishai – Shadow Fandance
- U.S. Girls – 4 American Dollars
Uploading his performance of California Dreamin’ to Instagram, Cocker shared the song was part of a lockdown open mic night. He wrote: “Proud to be on this compilation put together by Nick Launay to raise money for those affected by the recent fires in Los Angeles. It features unreleased music by Nick Cave, the Yeah,Yeah,Yeahs, PJ Harvey, Primal Scream, Devo, Gary Numan – & me & Mrs Cocker. Proceeds from all sales will go directly to @sweetreliefmusiciansfund.
“The backstory: during the Pandemic in Xmas 2020 I was invited to contribute to a ‘socially-distanced open mic night’. The song is one of Kim’s favourites & we recorded & filmed it in our back garden.”
