8 months after happening hiatus, comedy rock duo Tenacious D are again. Type of. The Jack Black-fronted two-man band seem on a brand new compilation album benefitting sufferers of closing month’s fatal Los Angeles wildfires, Just right Song to Carry Los Angeles. The contribution is a canopy of REO Speedwagon’s 1980 energy ballad “Stay on Loving You,” a track they’ve carried out reside of their patented pressing acoustic taste earlier than.
The 90-track compilation launched nowadays (Feb. 7) comprises prior to now unreleased recordings, new songs, covers, remixes, reside variations and demos from Animal Collective, Blondshell, Fragrance Genius, R.E.M., Dawes, Loss of life Cab For Cutie, TV at the Radio, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, MJ Lenderman, My Morning Jacket, Interpol, Mudhoney, Manchester Orchestra, The New Pornographers and plenty of extra.
It used to be unclear at press time when the band — which additionally options guitarist/singer Kyle Gass — recorded the track; you’ll be able to purchase the album completely now on Bandcamp. The compilation will probably be to be had for someday best, with proceeds going to the L.A. Regional Meals Financial institution and California Basis’s Wildfire Fund.
At press time it didn’t seem that Black or Gass had commented at the track’s inclusion at the compilation, which comes when they introduced a destroy and cancelled a deliberate Australian excursion following Gass’ debatable on-stage funny story in regards to the assassination strive towards then-presidential candidate Donald Trump.
After the remark, Black apologized and introduced that the gang would take a destroy in mild of complaint from Australia’s right-wing over the funny story Gass made at a display in Sydney in July when Black rolled out a birthday cake for his longtime musical mate and requested him to make a want. “Don’t pass over Trump subsequent time,” Gass quipped, simply weeks after a 20-year-old gunman opened fireplace on a Trump rally in Butler, PA, grazing Trump’s ear and killing a rally attendee.
In a deleted publish, Gass apologized, writing, “I don’t condone violence of any sort” and announcing he used to be “extremely sorry for my serious loss of judgement.” In a while after, Gass used to be dropped by means of his agent and the rest of the Australian excursion, in addition to a deliberate fall run of U.S. displays in swing states forward of November’s presidential election, had been cancelled.
Black additionally posted an apology on Instagram on the time, writing, “I used to be blindsided by means of what used to be stated on the display on Sunday. I might by no means condone hate speech or inspire political violence in any shape.” On the time of the excursion cancellation, Black’s remark stated that “all long term inventive plans are on grasp.”
In August, Black informed Selection that the duo wanted “to take a destroy. Everyone wishes a destroy someday,” whilst additionally promising “and we’ll be again.”
Within the period in-between, previous this week, Black posted a video from the set of his new film Anaconda through which he sang the names of his co-stars whilst one among them, Paul Rudd, accompanied him on a hand drum.
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