31 Track Adam Schlesinger Tribute To Benefit MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund

Songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Adam Schlesinger died on April 1st at the age of 52 as the result of complications from COVID-19. He was a member of multiple bands, including Fountains of Wayne and Ivy, but also collaborated on songs for movie soundtracks and the TV show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Friends and colleagues are paying tribute to his life and work via a Bandcamp-exclusive benefit compilation, Saving for a Custom Van. The 31-song collection features musicians putting "their own spin" on songs he created, spanning his entire career. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creator, executive producer and star Rachel Bloom turns Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom" into a "jazzy cabaret moodpiece", while Schlesinger's Fountains of Wayne bandmate Jody Porter contributes a "melancholy, shimmering take" on Ivy's "Four in the Morning." Sarah Silverman, who had teamed up with Schlesinger on the upcoming musical The Bedwetter, works with songwriter Ben Lee for a "folk-leaning take" on "Way Back Into Love". Other musicians on the compilation take on other Fountains of Wayne songs: Letters to Cleo's Kay Hanley, "Radiation Vibe" Motion City Soundtrack, "Dip in the Ocean" Nada Surf, "Sick Day" Vivian Girls/Upset member Ali Koehler, "Hackensack" Ivy songs are also featured: Belly members Tanya Donelly and Gail Greenwood, "Undertow" Ted Leo, "Everyday" THUNNY, "Tess Don't Tell." Saving for a Custom Van, is co-curated and co-released by Father/Daughter Records and Wax Nine, the label/journal run by Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis. One-hundred percent of Saving for a Custom Van proceeds will be donated to MusiCares' COVID-19 Relief Fund, which is dedicated to helping music industry and community members affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's a full annotated track listing of the offering available now on Bandcamp: Apex Manor - Utopia Parkway Tanya Donelly and Gail Greenwood - Undertow Jeff Rosenstock - Please Don't Rock Me Tonight Kay Hanley - Radiation Vibe Ben Lee and Sarah Silverman - Way Back Into Love Remember Sports - Just the Girl Rachel Bloom - Stacy’s Mom Christian Lee Hutson - Red Dragon Tattoo Sad13 - A Fine Day For a Parade Jack Dolgen - What’ll It Be Motion City Soundtrack - A Dip in the Ocean Field Mouse - Valley Winter Song Cheekface - That Thing You Do Lucy Stone - I’ve Got a Flair Nada Surf - Sick Day Jody Porter - Four in the Morning Suzy Shinn and Charlie Brand - All Kinds of Time Ted Leo - Everyday Potty Mouth - I’ve Got A Feeling Cocktails - Sink to the Bottom Bree McKenna - Our Twisted Fate Ethan Eubanks - Troubled Times Ali Koehler - Hackensack Charly Bliss - Pretend to Be Nice Julian Velard and Alex Dezen - Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim HUNNY - Tess Don’t Tell Mikey Erg - Hey Julie Off Book and the Family Band - Come On Prince Daddy & The Hyena and Just Friends - Mexican Wine Lisa Prank - Little Red Light Joshua Stoddard - Survival Car

31 Track Adam Schlesinger Tribute To Benefit MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund

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