In the spring of 2014, American Laundromat Records will release a Wes Anderson tribute album titled I Saved Latin! featuring covers of music from many of the auteur’s much-loved films. Most notably, music will be included from Rushmore (currently eight songs planned), The Royal Tenenbaums (five), and The Darjeeling Limited and The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (three songs each).

As relayed by Consequence of Sound, more artists will be announced as the release approaches. The tracklist is already impressive, though: Juliana Hatfield covering Elliott Smith’s “Needle in the Hay” (The Royal Tenenbaums), Black Francis doing Love’s “Seven and Seven Is” (Bottle Rocket), Mike Watt & the Secondmen tackling The Rolling Stones’ “Street Fighting Man” (Fantastic Mr. Fox), and covers from Telekinesis, Matt Pond, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, and more.

Additionally, there is a veritable boatload of merch and pre-order options available through ALR. There are CDs, 7″s, shirts, buttons, a magnet, a pin, a beanie, a badge, even a business card – all decked out with artsy versions of famous Wes Anderson scenes. Package prices range from a modest $14 to a not-exorbitant $60, with the option to add various items to each bundle. Every project like this must strike the balance between seeming like a labor of love and a cash grab; this project seem more like the former than most.

I Saved Latin! Tracklist:

Black Francis – “Seven and Seven Is” (Love) [Bottle Rocket]
Elk City – “Play with Fire” (The Rolling Stones) [Darjeeling Limited]
Escondido – “Strangers” (The Kinks) [Darjeeling Limited]
Freelance Whales – “Let Her Dance” (The Bobby Fuller Four) [Fantastic Mr. Fox]
Generationals – “Making Time” (Creation) [Rushmore]
Grand Hallway – “I Am Waiting” (The Rolling Stones) [Rushmore]
Joy Zipper – “Ooh La La” (The Faces) [Rushmore]
Juliana Hatfield – “Needle In The Hay” (Elliott Smith) [Royal Tenenbaums]
Kristin Hersh – “Fly” (Nick Drake) [Royal Tenenbaums]
Matt Pond – “These Days” (Nico) [Royal Tenenbaums]
Mike Watt & the Secondmen – “Street Fighting Man” (The Rolling Stones) [Fantastic Mr. Fox]
PHOX – “The Way I Feel Inside” (The Zombies) [Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]
Santah – “Five Years” (David Bowie) [Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]
Sara Lov – “Alone Again Or” (Love) [Bottle Rocket]
Solvents – “Nothing In This World Can Stop Me Worryin’ Bout That Girl” (The Kinks) [Rushmore]
Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin – “Margaret Yang’s Theme” (Mark Mothersbaugh) [Rushmore]
Tea Cozies – “Here Comes My Baby” (Cat Stevens) [Rushmore]
Tele Novella – “Stephanie Says” (The Velvet Underground) [Royal Tenenbaums]
Telekinesis – “This Time Tomorrow” (The Kinks) [Darjeeling Limited]
The Ghost in You – “Oh Yoko!” (John Lennon) [Rushmore]
Tomten – “30 Century Man” (Scott Walker) [Life Aquatic]
Trespassers William – “Fairest of the Seasons” (Nico) [Royal Tenenbaums]
William Fitzsimmons – “The Wind” (Cat Stevens) [Rushmore]

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