
Jarvis Cocker is one of many artists featured on Los Angeles Rising, a new compilation which is raising money to help those affected by the recent California wildfires. Cocker’s cover of the Mamas & the Papas “California Dreamin,” is featured alongside a new PJ Harvey song, and previously unreleased tracks by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Primal Scream.
The album, which is raising money for Sweet Relief, the organization set-up to help musicians and those in the music industry. The album is produced by musician Kevin Haskins and producer Nick Launay. Haskins said, “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.”
Cocker’s “California Dreamin'” includes backing vocals by Kim Sion (Cocker’s current partner) on the sparse cover. The song was originally written in 1963 when the group was stuck in a rough New York winter and found themselves longing for California’s warmer climate. Rolling Stone ranked the song #420 in their list of the top 500 songs of all time.
The new compilation is available on Bandcamp.