A new compilation to raise money for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) is arriving this Friday — Just Cause Vol. 1 features contributions from This Is Lorelei, Allegra Krieger, Nick Zanca, Lucy Liyou, Ben Seretan and more.
Just Cause Vol. 1 is the inaugural instalment of Just Cause, a new benefit compilation series that "aims to unite emerging artists from various corners of the music world to raise money for essential causes."
Also featured on the compilation is the debut song from whait, the duo of More Eaze and Wendy Eisenberg, plus previously unreleased tracks from Angels & Demons (Amirtha Kidambi and Darius Jones), LEYA, Lia Kohl, MIZU and more.
The whole thing is available to pre-order on Bandcamp, but you can stream a few of the 29 tracks today.
Just Cause Vol. 1:
1. YATTA – "Water"
2. OHYUNG – "Elegy for Gaza"
3. whait (Wendy Eisenberg & more eaze) – "calm down"
4. MIZU – "Pulsations"
5. Middle Sattre – "This Used to Be a Grocery Store" (demo)
6. Allegra Krieger – "Slipping Away"
7. This Is Lorelei – "Lucy It's My Day"
8. The Cradle – "Music of Vanity"
9. ylayali – "panic rehearsal"
10. Amiture – "Whistle"
11. Ex Wiish – "PG"
12. Matt Evans – "Taste the Optimization"
13. Frances Chang and Andrea Schiavelli – "Bank of Hope"
14. LEYA – "Eden of Haze" (demo)
15. Concrete Husband – "When There's Nothing Left to Say"
16. Lesley Mok – "floral and full"
17. Ben Seretan – "brass disk of sun"
18. Stephen Becker – "Estimate"
19. Nick Zanca – "Home Before Dark" (Nora Guthrie Cover)
20. Lia Kohl – "Vestibule"
21. Eliana Glass – "Wounds or Rubies"
22. Lucy Liyou and Nick Zanca – "Live in Paris February 2024"
23. Andrew Weathers – "Flat and Motionless"
24. Hour – "I Can't Remember How Far Away You Were" (Live at Small World Books, Rochester NY, 2018-02-23)
25. Eli Winter – "February 26th, 2024"
26. Fust – "Timber and Timbre"
27. Ryan Sawyer – "Maracas" (Live at Zebulon)
28. Booker Stardrum – "Phantom Near"
29. Angels & Demons (Amirtha Kidambi & Darius Jones) – "Touch the Stars" (Live at The Kitchen)