Record label Verve Forecast has announced a new compilation album to celebrate Hanukkah.
The album features Haim's cover of Leonard Cohen's "If It Be Your Will", as well as new songs and covers from The Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo, Jack Black, Holy Ghost!’s Alex Frankel, and more.
According to Pitchfork, Hannukah+ was inspired by Yo La Tengo's annual Hannukah shows. Yo La Tengo said of the forthcoming compilation, "When our old friend Randy Poster asked us to contribute to an album of Hanukkah songs he was putting together, we were kind of stumped. As non-practicing Jews (and non-Jews), truthfully the holiday has little meaning for us (that’s the meta joke behind Yo La Tengo’s Hanukkah shows), but we were open to inspiration. We thought maybe another friend, Sam Elwitt, could crack the code, and we think he did a fantastic job with his composition "Eight Candles.""
Tracklist:
- Jack Black - "Oh Hanukkah"
- Adam Green - "Dreidels Of Fire"
- Yo La Tengo - "Eight Candles"
- Haim - "If It Be Your Will"
- The Flaming Lips - "Sing It Now, Sing It Somehow"
- Alex Frankel - "Hanukkah In ’96"
- Buzzy Lee - "Give You Everything"
- Tommy Guerrero - "Dedication"
- Loudon Wainwright III - "Eight Nights A Week"
- Watkins Family Hour - "Hanukkah Dance"
- Craig Wedren - "Sanctuary"
- Jack Black - "Chad Gadya (Passover Bonus)"
