Alan Sparhawk, Benjamin Booker, Daniel Lopatin on immigrant/refugee benefit compilation, Passages

Texas-based indie label Western Vinyl has announced a new benefit compilation titled Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers, which is due for release on December 5. The album features songs from Bonnie “Prince” Billy, William Tyler, Dirty Projectors, Lonnie Holley, Heather Woods Broderick, Daniel Lopatin (aka Oneohtrix Point Never), Marisa Anderson and more. Today, they’ve shared two songs from the album, Alan Sparhawk’s “No More Darkness” and Benjamin Booker’s “A Place for Us.” Hear them both below.

Alan Sparhawk said of his contribution: “Here is a song that came from the struggle to know what to say to someone who is having a hard time. There are real things that we can do to lift each other out of suffering-–sometimes it is tangible charity, like this compilation to raise funds and awareness for the plight of immigrants and those who have been displaced. Sometimes it is words of encouragement. It can also just be time spent with someone who needs help getting through the moment. Let’s do our best to turn up the light.”

Benjamin Booker shares about his track: “The human struggle is a family struggle. We rise together and we suffer together. There are so many things out of our control, but we can always open our hearts to love and understanding. May you find light in the darkness.”

A press release also states that proceeds from the sale of the album will benefit two Texas-based organizations, American Gateways and Casa Marianella, providing no-to-low-cost legal services, food, shelter, access to health care, and other essential services to immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.

Read our reviews of the latest albums by Alan Sparhawk and Benjamin Booker.

Passages: Artists in Solidarity with Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers tracklist:

1. “No More Darkness” – Alan Sparhawk
2. “Everybody Is” – St. Panther
3. “Country” – Daniel Lopatin
4. “A Place for Us” – Benjamin Booker
5. “Afterburner” – Lambchop
6. “Home” – Quin Kirchner (ft. Tekle Mezghebe)
7. “No Place to Rest My Head” – Marisa Anderson
8. “Wrong Crowd” – Y La Bamba
9. “A Border Is Just a Space Between Two Lines” – Lonnie Holley
10. “The Autumn Wind (no. 71)” – Bonnie Prince Billy
11. “Parallels” – Erik Hall
12. “One Hundred-Twenty Dollar Song” – Dirty Projectors
13. “13 Lakes” – William Tyler
14. “All That I Know” – Aisha Burns
15. “Un Trayecto Largo” – Anjou (ft. I. Nova)
16. “White Sage” – Heather Woods Broderick
17. “Alone Until I’m Home” – Tim Heidecker