Pitchfork

Following the release of her latest full-length, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, singer Josephine Foster takes on another oft malevolent wolf-in-uniform: the U.S. military. Foster has curated a compilation to benefit counter-military recruiting campaigns and pacifist organizations, to be released by Arthur magazine's Bastet label.

The album will be available August 1 and is titled So Much Fire to Roast Human Flesh, in reference to the very real atrocities of war (though taken out of context, it sounds unmistakably metal). Predictably, the comp is a bit more folk-minded, featuring the likes of Feathers, Angels of Light, Devendra Banhart, Diane Cluck, and others. Painter Fred Tomaselli contributed cover art.

"All of the musicians represented here are U.S. citizens," said Foster. "Our voices join with many others across the land that freely question and openly oppose war."

So Much Fire tracks:

01 The Cherry Blossoms - "Dragonfly" (live)
02 Feathers - "Dust"
03 Michael Hurley - "A Little Bit of Love for You"
04 Meg Baird - "Western Red Lily (Nunavut Diamond Dream"
05 Andrew Bar - "Don't Trust That Man"
06 Goatgirl - "President Combed His Hair"
07 Devendra Banhart - "I Know Some Souls" (demo)
08 Kath Bloom - "Baby Let it Come Down on Me"
09 Charlie Nothing - "Fuck You and Your Stupid Wars"
10 Diane Cluck - "A Phoenix and Doves"
11 John Allingham & Ann Tiley - "Big War"
12 Josephine Foster - "Would You Pave the Road?"
13 Angels of Light - "Destroyer"
14 Rachel Mason - "The War Clerk's Lament"
15 Pajo - "War Is Dead"
16 Mvee - "Powderfinger"
17 Kathleen Baird - "Prayer for Silence"
18 Lay All Over It - "A Place"