Thurston Moore Announces Collaboration With Bernie Sanders

Joyful Noise Recordings has announced a special collaboration between Thurston Moore and Bernie Sanders titled "Feel It in Your Guts." It's a twelve-string acoustic composition mixed in with snippets of Sander's speeches, which touch "on topics like the worship of money, economic inequality, social justice, and the need for basic human rights for all people," according to Joyful Noise. "Feel It in Your Guts" will be released as limited edition run of 1000 hand numbered white flexi-disc vinyl and digital download. The single will be given away for free, but only if you make a direct contribution to the Sanders campaign. Joyful Noise suggests a donation of twenty-seven dollars. Check out the album art by David Kloc below. 

 

Karl Hofstetter of Joyful Noise shared how the collaboration came about in a press release: 

Bernie Sanders inspires us. In a political and business climate which is increasingly self-interested and money-driven, Bernie Sanders alone remains uncompromisingly focused on the issues that affect 99% of us. Which is to say, he’s talking about the things that will improve the lives of ourselves, our families, and basically everyone we have ever met. As the only presidential candidate who refuses bribes from big business, his agenda is unswervingly focused on the people over special interests. As Bernie himself has said, “The reason why we are doing well in this campaign is because we are telling the truth.”

We at the label were inspired to support the campaign, and we thought it would be best to use our curatorial talents to this end. Being a weird-o indie rock record label, we are fortunate to work with a variety of incredible musicians; including, on occasion, the great Thurston Moore. So we decided to ask him. And we were delighted that in a matter of minutes after posing the idea, Thurston excitedly agreed.

Next: the task of getting a major presidential candidate involved. Fortunately, one of our employees was already friends with the good folks of the Bernie campaign, so we reached out. Amazingly, the Bernie campaign responded, and within a week or so, we heard that Bernie himself was into the idea. The amazing folks at the Bernie campaign have worked closely with us to make this crazy collaboration a reality. 

via Kevin Lozano