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Jason Isbell, Andrew Bird, and More Join Album Supporting Reproductive Rights


Trousdale, Cake, My Brightest Diamond, and more lend their voices for 'Songs for Sex.'

On Tuesday, Noise for Now revealed the track list for Tift Merritt’s album initiative Songs for Sex, featuring Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Andrew Bird, and several other stars to support sexual and reproductive rights. Noise for Now — the non-profit organization leading the LP — teased its release by dropping an album preview, “How to Be 18” by girl band Trousdale, about a young woman who seeks an abortion in a state where it’s illegal to. “While the political conversation around abortion in this country often centers on life-threatening circumstances, we wanted to focus on the more common reason women seek it: simply not being ready to bring a child into the world,” the band said in a press release.

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