On February 16th, record label 4AD will release Dark Was The Night, a compilation produced by The National‘s Aaron and Bryce Dessner. Sales of the album benefit Red Hot Organization, an international charity dedicated to HIV/AIDS awareness. The compilation’s artists read like a Who’s Who of Pretty Good Music These Days, including Andrew Bird, Beirut, Dirty Projectors, Feist, Iron and Wine, The New Pornographers, Spoon, and even our own Sufjan Stevens and My Brightest Diamond.

You may have heard Sufjan’s contribution, "You are the Blood," which floated around on the interwaves the other day (including Stereogum). And, if you’ve been listening for a while, you may have heard it before: on Cathedral, the 2004 debut of Castanets. It just so happens we’ve been featuring a three-CD Castanets collection that includes Cathedral, as well as First Lights Freeze (2006), and In the Vines (2007) for just $15. You can buy it by clicking here, until Friday of this week.

But before you do that, preorder Dark Was The Night (digital, double-cd, triple-vinyl) on the compilation’s website here.