Waxahatchee, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, J. Mascis, Amanda Palmer, More Announced for Elliott Smith Tribute Album

Waxahatchee, Jesu/Sun Kil Moon, J. Mascis, Lou Barlow, Yuck, and more artists are set to cover Elliott Smith on a new tribute compilation due out this fall. Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith features 14 previously-unheard covers, and will arrive October 14 via American Laundromat. Julien Baker, Amanda Palmer, Tanya Donelly (Belly/the Breeders), and Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) will also participate. The compilation includes Juliana Hatfield’s cover of “Needle in the Hay,” which previously appeared on 2014′s compilation I Saved Latin! A Tribute to Wes Anderson. Check out an alphabetical listing of the covers on Say Yes! below, and stream Hatfield’s “Needle in the Hay” cover above.

February saw the release of the soundtrack for Heaven Adores You, Nickolas Rossi’s Smith documentary film, which featured several rare and previously unreleased Smith tracks. 

Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith:

Waxahatchee – Angeles
Julien Baker – Ballad Of Big Nothing
Tanya Donelly – Between The Bars
Yuck – Bled White
Jesu/Sun Kil Moon – Condor Ave
Lou Barlow – Division Day
Wild Sun – Easy Way Out
Tomo Nakayama – Miss Misery
Juliana Hatfield – Needle In The Hay
Caroline Says – No Name #3
Adam Franklin – Oh Well, Okay
Amanda Palmer – Pictures Of Me
William Fitzsimmons – Say Yes
Escondido – Waltz #1
J. Mascis – Waltz #2

Read “Keep the Things You Forgot,” our Elliott Smith oral history. 

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