PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Devo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs & more contributed to new LA wildfire benefit comp

Drummer Kevin Haskins of Love and Rockets and Bauhaus and producer Nick Launay have put together Los Angeles Rising, a new compilation to benefit those impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires. Shepard Fairey did the cover art, and it features previously unreleased songs from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Grinderman, PJ Harvey, Jarvis Cocker, Gary Numan, Primal Scream, Devo, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, David J, U.S. Girls, and more. Proceeds will go to Sweet Relief, and you can preview a few tracks (including PJ Harvey, Danni Bensi and Saunder Jurraains’ “The Red River;” the LaunayVauz Remix of Grinderman’s “Worm Tamer;” Gary Numan and Titan’s “Dark Rain;” Jarvis Cocker and Kim Sion’s cover of “California Dreamin;'” and Flea, Frusciante, Haskins and DeAngelis’ “A System For Shutting EVerything Out”) below, and purchase the comp on Bandcamp.

“As the wildfires were raging and destroying thousands of homes around Los Angeles, both my neighbourhood and Nick’s were instructed to evacuate,” Haskins says. “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. 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.”

Jarvis has also shared the backstory to his contribution, writing, “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.” Watch video of that below, as well.

LOS ANGELES RISING by various artists

LOS ANGELES RISING TRACKLIST
1) PJ Harvey with Danni Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans – The Red River
2) Grinderman – Worm Tamer – LaunayVauz Remix
3) Gary Numan and Titan – Dark Rain
4) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Turn Into Redux
5) Band Of Skulls – Cold Cold Sweat – LaunayVauz Remix
6) Jarvis Cocker – California Dreamin’
7) Primal Scream – False Flags – Orchestral version
8) Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds – Michelangelo
9) Haskins, Vandermolen and Lohner – All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
10) Danny Elfman – Monkeys On The Loose – LA Rising version
11) Devo – Shoulda Said Yes
12) Siobhan Fahey and Titan – Deep In LA
13) CRX – Blip On The Radar
14) David J – No New Tale To Tell – Original demo version
15) Flea, Frusciante, Haskins and DeAngelis – A System For Shutting Everything Out
16) U.S. Girls – Four American Dollars – Demo version