Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, PJ Harvey and Devo are among the artists who have contributed unreleased recordings to a new compilation for Los Angeles wildfire relief.
Jarvis Cocker, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, U.S. Girls, Cave’s side project Grinderman and a one-off supergroup led by Flea and John Frusciante also provide tracks to Los Angeles Rising, which was curated by Love & Rockets’ Kevin Haskins and producer Nick Launey, both of whom were forced to evacuate during the wildfires.
“As the wildfires were raging and destroying thousands of homes around Los Angeles, both my neighborhood and Nick [Launey]’s were instructed to evacuate. But we were the lucky ones. The fire threatening our homes and recording studios was thankfully extinguished by firefighters just minutes away, but countless musicians and friends lost everything” Haskins said in a statement.
“This harrowing experience and witnessing the monumental destruction of entire communities, inspired Nick and I to team up to create a compilation album to raise money for the less fortunate. We reached out to our musician friends for unreleased recorded gems and the response was incredible! PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Primal Scream, Gary Numan and Devo are just some of the artists that rushed in to help.”
Among the tracks on the Los Angeles Rising comp — which benefits Sweet Relief — are Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ unreleased “Michelangelo,” Devo’s “Shoulda Said Yes,” and Jarvis Cocker’s rendition of the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreamin’.”
Los Angeles Rising Tracklist:
01. The Red River – PJ Harvey with Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans
02. Worm Tamer (LaunayVauz Remix) – Grinderman
03. Dark Rain – Gary Numan and Titan
04. Turn Into Redux – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
05. Cold Cold Sweat (LaunayVauz Remix) – Band of Skulls
06. California Dreamin’ – Jarvis Cocker
07. False Flags (Orchestral Version) – Primal Scream
08. Michelangelo – Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
09. All We Ever Wanted Was Everything – Haskins, Vandermolen, and Lohner
10. Monkeys on the Loose (LA Rising version) – Danny Elfman
11. Shoulda Said Yes – DEVO
12. Deep in LA – Siobhan Fahey and Titan
13. Blip on the Radar – Blip On The Radar
14. No New Tale to Tell (Original demo version) – David J
15. A System for Shutting Everything Out – Flea, Frusciante, Haskins, and DeAngelis
16. Four American Dollars (Demo version) – US Girls
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