As part of the continuing aid and help that American musical artists have been sending toward Japan, The Rentals have announced that they will be releasing a new album, Resilience, with all profits going directly to Red Cross disaster relief efforts throughout Japan.
As we all know, Japan has had some really shitty luck lately but when it seemed hopeless for the country, musicians and artists from around the world began doing everything they could to raise awareness and help the earthquake-struck nation. The Rentals, as the compassionate humans they are, are throwing in their lot and have made Resilence available for immediate digital download on iTunes.
The album, featuring 18 orchestral compositions originally created for Songs About Time (“a photography, film, and music project that brought together a large group of accomplished artists who devoted themselves for 365 continuous days to create what the Germans call ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’ — a total work of art”), will also be available May 3 through other digital music providers, in stores on both CD and 180-gram vinyl, and can be preordered at the band’s website.
A statement on the site say this of the album: “The music collected has a touch of melancholy but ultimately, when one listens attentively, it expresses hope and a quiet countenance. With its orchestral gestures, delicate piano and poetic interludes, the music paints a fitting tribute to the character and resilience of the Japanese people.”
Resilience tracklisting:
01. October Thirteen
02. February Twenty Four
03. March Ten | Part Two
04. November Twenty Four
05. September Eight
06. December One
07. November Ten
08. June Two
09. February Ten
10. January Twenty
11. March Ten | Part One
12. March Three
13. December Thirty One
14. July Twenty Eight
15. July Twenty One
16. May Twelve
17. February Three
18. October Twenty Seven
• The Rentals: http://www.therentals.com
• Red Cross: http://www.redcross.org