Deerhoof have shared two new songs, “Sparrow Sparrow” and “Overrated Species Anyhow,” as part of a limited-edition benefit 7″ single for Joyful Noise. All proceeds from the single will go to the Trevor Project, the nonprofit suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth. Listen to both songs below.
“Every penny from this release goes to the Trevor Project, because in the new world we want to create, we need today’s trans youth to grow into tomorrow’s trans adults,” Deerhoof said in a statement. “This ‘Double B-Side’ is meant as a life beam to anyone who has been feeling dehumanized by mainstream society lately. Anyone who didn’t find themselves in the rankings of which races, nationalities, genders, or belief systems have equal value. Anyone who sees life on earth as something more than some capitalist death match. Anyone who got thrown under the bus in the past year’s race to the bottom. Anyone who isn’t one of 2781 billionaires who’ve taken control of the world. Anyone refusing to lick the fascist boot.”
This new 7″ is the first new music Deerhoof have shared since putting out Miracle-Level. Although that 2023 LP was the 18th full-length of their career, it was also the first album Deerhoof ever recorded in a proper studio and the first sung entirely in Satomi Matsuzaki’s native Japanese.