You Be My Heart is a new compilation, due out December 9, which benefits a brilliant nonprofit organisation 826 National, whose mission is dedicated to offering a variety of inventive programs that provide under-resourced students, ages 6-18, with opportunities to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills.

The San Francisco filmmaker and songwriter, Devon Reed, who volunteers with 826 National initiated, financed, and wrote all the songs which were presented to a variety of bands to select the ones that called to them and in turn give their own unique twist. The result is a compilation featuring a who’s who in the indie rock scene with artists such as Bowerbirds, The Cloud Room, Maps & Atlases, Horse Feathers, Marissa Nadler and Field Report all participating to support the nonprofit’s aim.

I Know, performed by long-standing MM fave Mark Kozelek – is the second single to be released from the compilation, and it is a beauty.

The first taste of the compilation came from The Cloud Room…

Get more details on the compilation here. And check out 826 National here.

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