It's really hot, but I decided to go without the air conditioner because if I sit just right I can get a slight breeze through the back window and it seems less stale and chemical than Freon. Crazy, maybe, and I'm not sure how long I'll last, but it also feels like the right conditions for doing a post on The Green Owl Comp: A Benefit For The Energy Action Coalition. As the Green Owl label site tells us:
100% of the profits made from the album will be given to support the Energy Action Coalition. The money donated from this compilation will support the people on the ground in the EAC while raising environmental awareness in our community.
The collection's a CD/DVD with previously unreleased tracks and videos (or different versions of previously released songs) by Feist, of Montreal, Bloc Party, Deerhoof, School Of Seven Bells, Pete Yorn, Muse, Asobi Seksu, Dragons Of Zynth, A Place To Bury Strangers, etc. Another of the participants is Stereogum favorite Juliana Hatfield, who offers up "Back To Freedom," a track recorded during the sessions for her upcoming tenth solo album How To Walk Away. We also have the complete track list.
Juliana Hatfield - "Back To Freedom" (MP3)
It's not as immediately affecting as "So Alone," but then that was one of her best songs in years, so let's shift expectations. Here's the rest:
Disc One:
01 The Appletrees - "Look up to the Sky"
02 Feist - "Honey Honey" (BBC Session)
03 Harper Simon - "Henrieta"
04 Young Love - "Underground"
05 Muse - "Knights of Cydonia" (live)
06 The Exit - "Hey Man"
07 Of Montreal - "Feminine Effects"
08 Pete Yorn - "Old Boy"
09 London Souls - "Someday"
10 The Citizens Band - "Fortune Teller"
11 Violens - "Trance Like Turn"
12 Bloc Party - "The Prayer" (Hadouken remix)
13 School of Seven Bells - "Trance Figure"
14 Deerhoof - "Plus 81" (BBC Session)
15 Juliana Hatfield - "Back To Freedom"
16 Satori - "Intimate Revolution"
Disc Two:
01 The Appletrees - "Messin Around" (video)
02 Young Love - "Underground" (video)
03 The Exit - "Hey Man" (video)
04 Satori - "A Clear View" (video)
05 Violens - "Trance Like Turn" (video)
06 Rebecca Schiffman - "Penguins And Igloos" (video)
07 Interview with Billy Parish (video)
08 The Bad Plus - "Casa Particular" (bonus audio)
09 Carina Round - "Hookah" (bonus audio)
10 Asobi Seksu - "Strawberries"(CSS Remix) (bonus audio)
11 Dragons Of Zynth - "Xerathyn" (bonus audio)
12 Earl Greyhound - "This Tree" (bonus audio)
13 The Appletrees - "Messin Around" (bonus audio)
14 A Place to Bury Strangers - "Never Going Down" (bonus audio)
15 State Radio - "Camilo" (bonus audio)
The Green Owl Comp is out via Green Owl and is available at Whole Foods, too.
[Photo by Jonathan Stark, via julianahatfield.com]
