For Immediate Release: Barsuk Records FUTURE SOUNDTRACK FOR AMERICA Release Party, Monday, August 39 2004 at Serena Bar.

Barsuk's next release will be a fundraising CD compilation, titled future soundtrack for america, a joint project with MoveOn.org and Music For America. (McSweeney's Publishing is also releasing a book with similar fundraising goals that will include a copy of the CD; the future dictionary of america features contributions from an astounding group of almost 200 writers, from Paul Auster to Michael Chabon to Jonathan Franzen to Joyce Carol Oates to Kurt Vonnegut to Wendy Wasserstein.)

One hundred percent of our and McSweeney's profits will go to non-profit progressive organizations, including Music For America, Common Assets, The Sierra Club, and others.
www.musicforamerica.org

Complete artist and tracklisting:

1. OK Go : This Will Be Our Year
2. David Byrne : Ain't Got So Far To Go
3. Jimmy Eat World : Game of Pricks (BBC evening session)
4. Death Cab For Cutie : This Temporary Life
5. Blink-182 : I Miss You (James Guthrie mix)
6. Mike Doughty : Move On
7. Ben Kweller : Jerry Falwell Destroyed Earth
8. Sleater-Kinney : Off With Your Head
9. R.E.M. : Final Straw (MoveOn mix)
10. Bright Eyes : Going for the Gold (live)
11. The Long Winters : The Commander Thinks Aloud (future mix)
12. will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas : Money
13. They Might Be Giants : Tippecanoe And Tyler Too
14. Clem Snide : The Ballad of David Icke
15. Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Date With the Night (live)
16. Fountains of Wayne : Everything's Ruined (acoustic)
17. Nada Surf : Your Legs Grow
18. The Flaming Lips : Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (live on the BBC)
19. Old 97's : Northern Line
20. Laura Cantrell : Sam Stone
21. Tom Waits : Day After Tomorrow
22. Elliott Smith : A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free