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Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Yo La Tengo, Thao, and more to feature in Yoko Ono tribute album

Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Yo La Tengo, Thao, and more to feature in Yoko Ono tribute album

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Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, Yo La Tengo, and Thao are among the many artists who will be featured on the new Yoko Ono tribute album. 

The compilation, set to be titled Ocean Child: Songs of Yoko Ono, will be released on 18 February next month, coinciding with Ono’s 89th birthday. 

Imagined and curated by Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard, the collection of covers will be put out on Canvasback-Atlantic Records

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Other artists who have contributed to the record include Sharon Van Etten, David Byrne, Sudan Archives, US Girls, Stephen Merritt (of Magnetic Fields), Deerhoof, We Are King, The Flaming Lips, and Amber Coffman

Byrne and Yo La Tengo’s cover of ‘Who Has Seen the Wind’ can also be streamed on YouTube now. 

The compilation will be accompanied by an exclusive podcast where veteran music journalist Jenny Eliscu and Gibbard himself discuss Ono’s music legacy with several of the artists on the album. 


The full tracklist is as follows: 

  1. Toyboat – Sharon Van Etten
  2. Who Has Seen the Wind? – David Byrne and Yo La Tengo
  3. Dogtown – Sudan Archives
  4. Waiting for the Sunrise – Death Cab for Cutie
  5. Yellow Girl (Stand for Life) – Thao
  6. Born in a Prison – US Girls
  7. Growing Pain – Jay Som
  8. Listen, the Snow Is Falling – Stephin Merritt (of Magnetic Fields)
  9. No No No – Deerhoof
  10. Don’t Be Scared – We Are King
  11. Mrs. Lennon – The Flaming Lips
  12. No One Sees Me Like You Do – Japanese Breakfast
  13. There Is No Goodbye Between Us – Yo La Tengo
  14. Run Run Run – Amber Coffman