Massive Thief announce LA wildfires profit EP Passional Relations

Massive Thief have introduced Passional Relations, a brand new profit EP to help wildfire aid efforts in Los Angeles.

Comprised of 5 previously-unreleased tracks recorded from 2018 to 2020, nearly all of proceeds from the EP will go to the Plus1LA Fires Fund, which instantly helps organizations engaged on the bottom to handle important wants like housing, schooling, animal welfare, and extra. The remainder of the proceeds from the discharge will go to native musicians, artists, and neighborhood members within the Los Angeles space that had been affected by the fires.

The EP will be bought instantly from Massive Thief’s web site as a digital obtain. The primary 4 tracks on Passional Relations had been all crafted in the course of the classes for his or her lauded 2022 double album, Dragon New Heat Mountain I Imagine in You. The ultimate music, “Shadow Too,” was a demo from the band’s classes in 2018 as they made their pair of 2019 albums. U.F.O.F and Two Fingers.

“Our hearts are damaged for everybody affected by the fires in California,” stated Massive Thief in an announcement. “We’ve put collectively a few of our favourite unreleased songs into an EP referred to as Passional Relations, solely out there on our webstore, and all proceeds will go towards offering aid for these impacted by the fires in Los Angeles. Our hope is that these contributions is not going to solely assist handle the essential and fast wants of affected communities but additionally assist maintain the work, id, and tradition of the artists inside them.”

Passional Relations serves as Massive Thief’s first formal launch since they parted methods with founding bassist Max Oleartchik; now only a trio, they beforehand served because the backing band for Tucker Zimmerman’s 2024 album Dance of Love. 

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