Can't Be in Vain: A Charity Compilation for Black LGBTQ Freedom, by Various Artists

Can't Be in Vain: A Charity Compilation for Black LGBTQ Freedom

by Various Artists

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Michael Donnelly Please support this comp! Hear me roar on that Husker Du cover. Had such a fun time being a part of this. Shoutout Sore Thumb for organizing! Favorite track: New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü).

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1.	The Fluorescents - Going Down (Freddie King) 02:58	info	buy track
2.	The Band Ice Cream - What Becomes of the Brokenhearted (Jimmy Ruffin) 02:56	info	buy track
3.	Kevin Nichols - Orgasm Addict (The Buzzcocks) 02:09	info	buy track
4.	Sore Thumb - Walking is Still Honest (Against Me!) 02:55	info	buy track
5.	Whateverglades - Blind Alley (Fanny) 04:12	info	buy track
6.	Former Babies - Another Saturday Night (Sam Cooke) 02:47	info	buy track
7.	Vacation From Myself - New Day Rising (Hüsker Dü) 01:41	info	buy track
8.	Buzzed Lightbeer - Underwear (The Magnetic Fields) 03:01	info	buy track
9.	MJ Shaw - I Like That (Janelle Monae) 03:16	info	buy track
10.	J. Shepherd - 1999 (Prince) 02:39	info	buy track
11.	Middle Names - Toro Y Moi 03:03	info	buy track
12.	Outer District - Call it off (Tegan and Sara) 02:14	info	buy track
13.	Danielle LoPresti & The Masses feat. Cameron Wright - Call me Sister / They Don't Care About Us 03:57	info	buy track
14.	Please Donate to the LGBTQ Freedom Fund (A message from the bands) 01:00	info	buy track

about

In the aftermath of the police killings of George Floyd, we created this compilation album to try to celebrate the voices of LGBTQ and BIPOC artists. All profits will go to the LGBTQ Freedom Fund (lgbtqfund.org), which is a charity that pays bail to secure the liberty and safety of low-income individuals in U.S. jails and immigration facilities, with focus on LGBTQ individuals.

The artists on the album have preemptively donated $250 to the LGBTQ Freedom Fund and $250 to the Equal Justice Initiative, and we encourage you to not only buy and share this album, but please donate directly to these charities as well.

credits

released September 7, 2020

Please donate to the LGBTQ Freedom Fund at lgbtqfund.org

Recorded and mixed all over the place, in people’s homes, garages, and otherwise.

Mastered by George S. Rosenthal at The Complex-SF @TheComplexSF in Instagram

Art created and donated by Anoxical @anoxical on Instagram

The Fluorescents performs Going Down by Freddie King, written by Donald William Nix
@thefluorescentssf on Instagram

The Band Ice Cream performs What Becomes of the Brokenhearted by Jimmy Ruffin, written by James Anthony Dean, Paul Riser, & William Henry Witherspoon
@thebandicecream on Instagram

Kevin Nichols performs Orgasm Addict by The Buzzcocks, written by Howard Devoto, & Peter McNeish
@kevichols on Instagram

Sore Thumb performs Walking is Still Honest, by Against Me!, written by Laura Jane Grace
@sorethumbband on Instagram

Whateverglades performs Blind Alley by Fanny, written by Nicoel Barclay, & Alice Munroe De Buhr
@_whateverglades_ on Instagram

Former Babies performs Another Saturday Night by Sam Cooke, written by Sam Cooke
@formerbabiesband on Instagram

Vacation From Myself performs New Day Rising by Hüsker Dü, written by Robert Arthur Mould, Grant Vernon Hart, & Greg Norton

Buzzed Lightbeer performs Underwear by the The Magnetic Fields, written by Stephin Raymond Merritt

MJ Shaw performs I Like That by Janelle Monae, written by Janelle Monae, Nathaniel Irving, Raymond Ameer Murray, Rico Renard Wade, & Tayla Parx

J. Shepherd performs 1999 by Prince, written by Prince

Middle Names performs Girl Like You by Toro Y Moi, written by Chazwick Bradley Bundick

Outer District performs Call it Off by Tegan and Sara, written by Tegan and Sara

Danielle LoPresti & The Masses feat. Cameron Wright perform a mashup of Call me Sister/They Don't Care About Us by Michael Jackson, written by Michael Jackson

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