Noise For Now and Artist Rights Alliance Present ‘Songs For Sex’
AN ARTIST RESPONSE TO PROJECT 2025
BENEFIT COMPILATION OUT TODAY FEATURES TIFT MERRITT, JASON ISBELL AND THE 400 UNIT, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND, ANDREW BIRD, THAO, TROUSDALE & MORE — LISTEN HERE
TIFT MERRITT: “We all have stories about how these regressive steps backwards play out in our lives, and in the lives of people we love. I hope these songs open your heart to how important it is to stand up for bodily autonomy, reproductive freedoms, privacy and more love in the world no matter what it looks like.”
NOISE FOR NOW is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit supporting local level Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice organizations throughout the country with 100% of proceeds going to charity. The organization, in partnership with the Artist Rights Alliance, releases their new benefit compilation, SONGS FOR SEX, today via NOISE FOR NOW’s label distributed digitally worldwide through ADA. The compilation features 16 exclusive tracks from Andrew Bird, Ella Vos, Erin McKeown, CAKE, Katie Malco, Kev Decor, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, My Brightest Diamond, Rett Madison, Robert Ellis, sym fera, Tanner Porter, Thao, The Album Leaf, Tift Merritt, and Trousdale.
Listen / purchase the album via all platforms here: https://lnk.to/vxvjdm
SONGS FOR SEX is the brainchild of GRAMMY® nominated artist Tift Merritt — a response to the dangerous policies outlined in The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025. Executive Producers, Merritt and manager Victoria Roe enlisted the support of musicians to meet the moment, gathering songs that counter Project 2025’s shame and stigma around sex with songs of tenderness, anger, and defiant joy.
‘SONGS FOR SEX’ TRACK LISTING
01 — “Recreational Sex” — Tift Merritt & Robert Ellis
02 — “Love In This Club” (Usher Cover) — Ella Vos
03 — “bad idea right?” (Olivia Rodrigo cover) — Thao
04 — “White Beretta” (Live) — Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
05 — “Bloodless” (Live from the Green Mill) — Andrew Bird
06 — “Fatal Attraction” (Live) — Katie Malco
07 — “Today / Sex” (Live in Portland, OR) — Erin McKeown
08 — “Red String Theory” — Kev Decor
09 — “Hold You (Responsible)” — CAKE
10 — “Black Sheep” (Trouble Mix) — My Brightest Diamond
11 — “ThreeSeven” — The Album Leaf
12 — “Kids Having Kids” (Demo) — Rett Madison
13 — “eager teeth” (acoustic version) — sym fera
14 — “Back to Shore” (Acoustic Version) — Tanner Porter
15 — “How To Be 18” (Demo) — Trousdale
16 — “One Good Thing” — Tift Merritt
Listen here: https://lnk.to/vxvjdm
A few highlights from the album include CAKE’s “Hold You (Responsible)” — whose frontman John McCrea notes, “We are grateful for the chance to fight for reproductive rights for all citizens. People are needlessly dying”; and Trousdale’s “How To Be 18” (Demo),” that tells the story of a young woman who has made the incredibly difficult decision to seek an abortion in a state where it is illegal to do so. Trousdale note, “While the political conversation around abortion in this country often centers on life-threatening circumstances, we wanted to focus on the more common reason women seek it: simply not being ready to bring a child into the world. In addition to reproductive rights, Project 2025 targets the rights of LGBTQ+ individuals and undermines protections for marginalized communities. We’re proud to be part of the fight for the basic human dignity that every person deserves.”
NOISE FOR NOW enables artists and entertainers to connect with and financially support grassroots organizations that work in the field of Reproductive Justice including abortion access. The new compilation is the third benefit compilation from NOISE FOR NOW. It follows the release of NOISE FOR NOW Vol 2 in June which features 11 exclusive tracks from Faye Webster, The War On Drugs, Courtney Barnett, David Byrne and Devo, MC50 ft. Arrow De Wilde, Big Freedia, SOFIA ISELLA, Julia Jacklin, Becca Mancari, Claud and AJ Haynes (of Seratones). NOISE FOR NOW Vol 1 — a special vinyl-only limited edition album featuring tracks from Maya Hawke, Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell, Bully, Wet Leg, My Morning Jacket, Fleet Foxes, and more, was released in November 2023 and is available on clear vinyl via the NOISE FOR NOW store HERE. These songs were originally found on the 2022 digital-only benefit compilation, Good Music To Ensure Safe Abortion Access To All, which was available for only 24 hours via Bandcamp and, along with the t-shirt sales featuring the album’s Kim Gordon-created “Liberate Abortion” cover art, grossed over $230,000.
