Fiona Apple releasing “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)” as limited benefit vinyl

Back in May, we got a rare new song from Fiona Apple, “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home),” which was written in support of mothers affected by the broken cash-bail system. She’s now released the song on a limited edition 12″ vinyl, and will donate at least $7 from each unit sold to Let Her Go initiatives, which support women, families, and communities impacted by pretrial incarceration. The 12″ includes instrumental and intimate “practice” versions of “Pretrial,” and on side B, “Court Watchers (Narration & Original Score by Fiona Apple).” It comes in an engraved sleeve, and a limited quantity of signed photo cards are inserted randomly in the pressings. It’s available for purchase here.

“Pretrial” came out of Fiona’s recent years of court watching, and upon its release in May, she wrote:

I was a court watcher for over two years. In that time, I took notes on thousands of bond hearings. Time and time again, I listened as people were taken away and put in jail, for no other reason than that they couldn’t afford to buy their way free. It was particularly hard to hear mothers and caretakers get taken away from the people who depend on them. For the past five years, I have been volunteering with the Free Black Mamas DMV bailout, and I have been lucky to be able to witness the stories of women who fought for and won their freedom with the tireless and loving support of the leadership. I hope that this song, and the images shared with me, can help to show what is at stake when someone is kept in pretrial detention. I give this song in friendship and respect to all who have experienced the pain of pretrial detention and to the women of the group’s leadership who have taught me so much and whom I truly love.

Watch the video for “Pretrial,” produced by Zealous and Special Operations Studios, below.

FIONA APPLE – “PRETRIAL (LET HER GO HOME)” 12″ TRACKLIST

Side A
1. “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home)”
2. “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Instrumental)”
3. “Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Practice)”

Side B
1. “Court Watchers (Narration & Original Score by Fiona Apple)”