Nick Cavern, PJ Harvey & Yeah Yeah Yeahs Join Forces for Advantage Album

Nick Cavern and the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, DEVO, Primal Scream, and more have actually signed up with forces for Los Angeles Increasing, a brand-new advantage album raising funds for artists impacted by the current LA wildfires.

Led by Kevin Haskins of Bauhaus and Love and Firecrackers, together with manufacturer Nick Launay, the collection includes formerly unreleased tracks from a few of alternative music’s most prominent artists. All profits from the album will go straight to Sweet Relief, a non-profit company that offers monetary help to profession artists in requirement.

The album, which is offered solely on Bandcamp, consists of a reimagined variation of “California Dreamin'” by Jarvis Cocker, an alternate take on Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ “Develop into” from Program Your Bones, and a brand-new track from Nick Cavern and the Bad Seeds entitled “Michelangelo.” Primal Scream contributed an orchestral variation of their tune “False Flags,” while Danny Elfman included his own surreal spin with “Monkeys on the Loose.” DEVO, Gary Numan, and Flea likewise include on the 16-track collection.

Haskins and Launay, both long time LA locals, were personally impacted by the fires and stated the task came together rapidly as they viewed the destruction unfold.

” As the wildfires were raving and ruining countless homes around Los Angeles, both my community and Nick’s were advised to leave. However we were the fortunate ones,” Haskins stated in a press declaration. “The fire threatening our homes and taping studios was luckily snuffed out by firemens simply minutes away, however many artists and good friends lost whatever.”

Launay included, “This traumatic experience and experiencing the significant damage of whole neighborhoods motivated Nick and I to collaborate to develop a collection album to raise cash for the less lucky. We connected to our artist good friends for unreleased taped gems and the action was amazing! PJ Harvey, Nick Cavern, Jarvis Cocker, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, and Devo are simply a few of the artists that entered to assist.”

” Nick and I were fortunate. We needed to leave, however our homes and studios made it through,” Haskins stated in a declaration. “A lot of artists we understand lost whatever.” The 2 connected to artists who had actually dealt with them for many years, asking if they had unreleased tracks that might assist raise cash. “The action was amazing,” Launay included. “These artists didn’t be reluctant to add to something that might straight assist their peers.”.

The album gets here in the middle of a more comprehensive industry-wide effort to support wildfire relief. Bandcamp just recently revealed that all profits from purchases made on Feb. 7 would be contributed to MusiCares, while a different advantage album– including contributions from R.E.M., Death Taxi for Cutie, The Postal Service, and more– is likewise in the works.

Los Angeles Increasing is offered now on Bandcamp, with vinyl pressings and limited-edition product set to be launched later on this month. As wildfires continue to affect neighborhoods throughout California, the music market is as soon as again showing its capability to rally assistance when it’s required most.