Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs contribute to new benefit album Los Angeles Rising

The new benefit album for victims of the LA wildfires Los Angeles Rising has been released. The LP features 16 previously unreleased tracks, including contributions from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, DEVO, Primal Scream, and more.

The record is created by Kevin Haskins and producer Nick Launay. All proceeds from Los Angeles Rising will go to Sweet Relief, providing financial assistance to career musicians and music industry workers.

Haskins said in a press statement: “As the wildfires were raging and destroying thousands of homes around Los Angeles, both my neighbourhood and Nick’s were instructed to evacuate. But we were the lucky ones.

“The fire threatening our homes and recording studios was thankfully extinguished by firefighters just minutes away, but countless musicians and friends lost everything.”

Launay added, “This harrowing experience and witnessing the monumental destruction of entire communities inspired Nick and I to team up to create a compilation album to raise money for the less fortunate.

"We reached out to our musician friends for unreleased recorded gems and the response was incredible! PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Jarvis Cocker, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, and Devo are just some of the artists that rushed in to help.”

This week, Bandcamp announced that it will donate 100% of its proceeds on February 7 to MusiCares.

Alongside this initiative, a group of 90 artists, including R.E.M., Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, Tenacious D, Faye Webster, TV on the Radio, and Courtney Barnett, have collaborated on a separate new benefit album titled Good Music to Life Los Angeles, with all proceeds also supporting wildfire relief efforts in LA.

Los Angeles Rising artwork and tracklist: