Against Me! Covers “People Who Died” Originally Done by The Jim Carroll Band For New Compilation Songs That Saved My Life

Punk rockers Against Me! covered “People Who Died,” originally done by The Jim Caroll Band. The band’s cover will be featured on the new compilation album Songs That Saved My Life, a brand that is centered around music that supports mental health and suicide prevention charities such as Crisis Text Line, Hope for the Day, The Trevor Project and To Write Love on Her Arms.
The compilation album will be released on November 9th and will include cover songs from other great bands including Neck Deep, Taking Back Sunday, Dan Campbell and Ace Enders, Movements, The Maine, and Dance Gavin Dance to name a few. Check out the full tracklist below.

Against Me! guitarist Laura Jane Grace issued a statement regarding their cover of “People Who Died” in a press release. “Choosing to cover a song that is filled with death to be featured on a compilation dedicated to the thought that music can save your life seemed completely fitting to me,” She continues to say “I’ve always thought music was about taking all the sadness, pain, fear and trouble that you have weighing on you and turning it into something empowering, celebratory and life-affirming.”

Songs That Saved My Life Track Listing:
1. Neck Deep – Torn (originally made famous by Natalie Imbruglia)
2. Movements – Losing My Religion (originally made famous by R.E.M.)
3. Stand Atlantic – Your Graduation (originally made famous by Modern Baseball)
4. Dance Gavin Dance – Semi Charmed Life (originally made famous by Third Eye Blind)
5. Against Me! – People Who Died (originally made famous by The Jim Carroll Band)
6. Taking Back Sunday – Bullet With Butterfly Wings (originally made famous by Smashing Pumpkins)
7. Dream State – Crawling (originally made famous by Linkin Park)
8. As It Is – Such Great Heights (originally made famous by The Postal Service)
9. Oceans Ate Alaska – Shape of my Heart (originally made famous by Sting)
10. Too Close To Touch – Let It Be (originally made famous by The Beatles)
11. Dan Campbell & Ace Enders – Broom People (originally made famous by The Mountain Goats)
12. The Maine – Transatlanticism (originally made famous by Death Cab For Cutie)

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat