As part of the October edition of Bandcamp Friday, Good Music, in collaboration with Noise for Now, have released Good Music to Ensure Safe Abortion Access to All, a compilation of 49 songs by 49 artists, available for 24 hours only. The cover art for the project, “Liberate Abortion” painted in black on a white canvas, was done by Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon. The tracklist is loaded with legendary acts and some of rock’s most-beloved contemporary faces, including covers, demos, live recordings, and famous songs by Cat Power, David Byrne with Devo, Death Cab for Cutie, Grouplove, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Mac DeMarco, Maya Hawke, The Regrettes, Pearl Jam, PUP, R.E.M., Sleater-Kinney, Soccer Mommy, Ty Segall, and Wet Leg, among countless others.
The compilation was produced in tandem with Brilliant Corners Artist Management, Dave Eggers, Like Management, Noise for Now, Panache Management, TMWRK, and Q Prime. In 2020, Good Music’s last fundraising project compilation, Good Music to Avert the Collapse of American Democracy, raised over $600,000 for voting rights organizations.
Bandcamp Friday ensures that all profits of sales on the site go directly to the artists, so 100 percent of the net proceeds from the compilation’s sales will benefit nonprofit organizations whose missions are to provide abortion care access to all. The Brigid Alliance is a referral-based service that provides travel, food, lodging, and child care for people seeking abortions in the United States, and Noise for Now are working with the Abortion Care Network to support independent abortion clinics across the country.
“Since the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Americans are traveling longer and longer distances for an abortion,” Amelia Bauer, Executive Director of Noise for Now, says. “For people with limited resources, accessing abortion care can be all but impossible when you add up the costs of transportation, lodging, meals, and lost wages. The Brigid Alliance exists to help get people to an abortion provider—and back home again—no matter what it takes. The money raised through this benefit compilation will directly support our mission of making abortion borderless, burden free, and accessible to all.”
See the full tracklist and purchase the compilation here.
