The National’s Matt Berninger, film composer Stephan Altman, and Julien Baker have teamed up on a benefit single titled “All I Want.” The song will be included on the second volume of the 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood benefit series. On the B-side is a spoken word piece read by Hanif Abdurraquib called “Defiance, Ohio Is the Name of a Band.”
“7-inches for Planned Parenthood is essentially an independently run record label devoted entirely to protecting sexual and reproductive rights,” explains Berninger. “Thanks to the huge community of people who helped launch Volume 1, we are very excited to launch Volume 2.”
This is the second recorded version of the song “All I Want.” The original was made sans Baker and is included in the Trump election documentary American Chaos, released in September.
Below, listen to “All I Want” and watch The National’s 2017 KEXP in-studio performance as well as Julien Baker’s, recorded at the beginning of the summer.
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