Red Hot’s new “TRAИƧA” compilation, which benefits “vital LGTBQ+ organizations at the same time it culturally invigorates the fight for trans rights,” Here is a preview with two more advance singles. The first has Julien Baker covering Belle and Sebastian‘s “If You’re Feeling Sinister” classic “Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying.” She’s joined for the rendition by a regular collaborator, producer Calvin Lauber, and it also features SOAK and Quinn Christopherson. “JB approached me with the idea to do this cover, and to bring in SOAK and Quinn Christopherson, both friends of ours and people we’ve played shows with, as guest features on the song,” Calvin says. “However we found ourselves all on opposite sides of the country (JB in LA, myself in Nashville, QC in Alaska, and SOAK in the UK) so this song ended up being produced totally remote Postal Service style, sending ideas back and forth over email. JB sent me her draft of the song and a rough arrangement and asked me to do my thing with it.
I ended up playing drums, guitar, synth, pretty much everything laying around my studio. It’s a pretty dense track, I think we both wanted it to feel dynamic but big at the same time. We were both pretty inspired by 80s new wave and like, Interpol for this one.”
Yaeji and Teddy Geiger‘s new track for the compilation, “Pink Ponies,” is also out today. “When I heard the demo and lyrics Teddy sent for the first time, I was packing my bags to return to the US from another brief stay with my family in Korea and it brought me to tears,” Yaeji says. “It’s rare to be invited into a space where I can fully let my artistry and intentions sing in this way.
What Teddy laid down was a beautiful invitation that allowed me to flow exactly the way my soul intended. The artist’s role is that of a truth teller, and this song and project is one example of the power of music and collective artistry.”
“TRAИƧA” comes out on November 22nd
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