Dark Was The Night news! 15 Jan 2009

For Immediate release:
DARK WAS THE NIGHT

-final track listing revealed
-promo mp3 available
-myspace track-by-track debut scheduled
-dedicated website now live

Dark Was The Night will be released on February 17th, 2009. It's comprised of 31 exclusive tracks and it will be
available as a double cd/triple vinyl/download and will benefit the Red Hot Organization - an international
charity dedicated to raising money and awareness for HIV and AIDS through popular culture. They are the people
responsible for albums including No Alternative, Red Hot and Blue and many more, and this is their 20th year, and
this is the 20th release!

We are very excited to invite you to hear the first track from this album, which is a collaboration between David Byrne and Dirty Projectors titled "Knotty Pine".
You can hear it here: http://www.4ad.com/audio/darkwasthenight/knottypine.mp3

Beginning on January 15th, 4AD will begin a track-by-track premiere of the Dark Was the Night compilation.  From January 15 through February 15, each track, in order will be streamed for one day only at:

http://www.myspace.com/DarkWasTheNight as well as on the bands MySpace page.

Please also visit the newly launched http://www.darkwasthenight.com

THIS DISC
1 Knotty Pine - Dirty Projectors + David Byrne
2 Cello Song (Nick Drake) - The Books featuring Jose Gonzalez
3 Train Song (Vashti Bunyan recorded, written by Alasdair Clayre) - Feist + Ben Gibbard
4 Brackett, WI - Bon Iver
5 Deep Blue Sea - Grizzly Bear
6 So Far Around the Bend - The National (arrangement by Nico Muhly)
7 Tightrope - Yeasayer
8 Feeling Good (popularized by Nina Simone) - My Brightest Diamond
9 Dark Was the Night (Blind Willie Johnson) - Kronos Quartet
10 I Was Young When I Left Home (Bob Dylan) - Antony + Bryce Dessner  
11 Big Red Machine - Justin Vernon + Aaron Dessner  
12 Sleepless - The Decemberists
13 Stolen Houses (Die) - Iron and Wine  
14 Service Bell - Grizzly Bear + Feist  
15 You Are The Blood - Sufjan Stevens      

THAT DISC
1 Well-Alright - Spoon          
2 Lenin - Arcade Fire
3 Mimizan - Beirut      
4 El Caporal - My Morning Jacket
5 Inspiration Information (Shuggie Otis) - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
6 With A Girl Like You (The Troggs) - Dave Sitek  
7 Blood Pt 2  (based on original song “You are the Blood” by the Castanets) - Buck 65 Remix (featuring Sufjan
Stevens and Serengeti)   
8 Hey, Snow White (Destroyer) - The New Pornographers
9 Gentle Hour (Snapper) - Yo La Tengo  
10 Another Saturday (traditional song) - Stuart Murdoch      
11 Happiness - Riceboy Sleeps       
12 Amazing Grace (traditional song) - Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues
13 The Giant Of Illinois (Handsome Family) - Andrew Bird  
14 Lua - Conor Oberst + Gillian Welch  
15 When the Road Runs Out - Blonde Redhead + Devastations
16 Love vs. Porn - Kevin Drew