As previously reported here, the new 4AD compilation Dark Was The Night will be released next month and comprises of 31 exclusive tracks curated by The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner and the AIDS charity Red Hot.
‘Knotty Pine’ by The Dirty Projectors and David Byrne is just one of the many, many highlights on this fabulous set and has just been made available as a free download.
Also, as of yesterday, 4AD began a track-by-track premiere of the record. From January 15 through February 15, each track, in order will be streamed for one day only at www.myspace.com/DarkWasTheNight as well as on the relevant band’s MySpace page.
Tracks to look out for are Antony Hegarty’s stirring take on the early Dylan classic ‘I Was Young When I Left Home’, ‘Cello Song’ by The Books and Jose Gonzalez, ‘Deep Blue Sea’ from Grizzly Bear and a cover of Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’ by My Brightest Diamond – which really shouldn’t work but does in a quite fantastic way. Oh, and there is a stunning reworking of Bright Eyes’ ‘Lua’ where Coner Oberst is joined by Gillian Welch on vocals. Basically, there isn’t a duff track over the whole 2 discs. Definitely an essential purchase for 2009 and for a great charity to boot. Pre-order here.
Tracklist in full:
‘THIS DISC’
- “Knotty Pine” – Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
- “Cello Song” – The Books featuring Joses Gonzalez
- “Train Song” – Feist and Ben Gibbard
- “Brackett, WI” – Bon Iver
- “Deep Blue Sea” – Grizzly Bear
- “So Far Around The Bend” – The National
- “Tightrope” – Yeasayer
- “Feeling Good” – My Brightest Diamond
- “Dark Was The Night” – Kronos Quartet
- “I Was Young When I Left Home” – Antony with Bryce Dessner
- “Big Red Machine” – Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner
- “Sleepless” – The Decemberists
- “Die” – Iron & Wine
- “Service Bell” – Grizzly Bear + Feist
- “You Are The Blood” – Sufjan Stevens
‘THAT DISC’
- “Well-Alright” – Spoon
- “Lenin” – Arcade Fire
- “Mimizan” – Beirut
- “El Caporal” – My Morning Jacket
- “Inspiration Information” – Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
- “With A Girl Like You” – Dave Sitek
- “Blood Pt. 2″ – Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serengeti)
- “Hey, Snow White” – The New Pornographers
- “Gentle Hour” – Yo La Tengo
- “Amazing Grace” – Cat Power
- “Happiness” – Riceboy Sleeps
- “Another Saturday” – Stuart Murdoch
- “The Giant Of Illinois” – Andrew Bird
- “Lua” – Conor Oberst with Gillian Welch
- “When The Road Runs Out” – Blonde Redhead & Devastations
- “Love Vs. Porn” – Kevin Drew
mp3:> The Dirty Projectors and David Byrne: ‘Knotty Pine’
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BEST. COMPILATION. EVER.
I really can’t believe how good this is, in terms of tracklisting – I’ve not had a chance to listen to it yet, but it’s like someone just peered into the collective conciousness of TLBOF and this is what came out. Amazing. ^_^
Will it be available on itunes for those trying to reduce cd collection?
from the press release:
“It will be available as a double cd/triple vinyl/download”
so yup – looks like it!
wheres the free download?
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