Following the success of the first volume of The Perilous Fight, Centripetal Force and Seawind of Battery Announce The Perilous Fight – Vol. 2: We the People,
A Benefit Compilation Supporting Immigrant Communities in Minnesota
Following an overwhelming response to a recent call for submissions, The Perilous Fight has emerged as a multi-volume benefit compilation bringing together dozens of artists in a shared act of solidarity and resistance. Curated by Mike Horn of Seawind of Battery and Mike Mannix, founder of Centripetal Force, the project channels collective fear, anger, and resolve into direct support for immigrant communities under threat.
On Friday, February 13, The Perilous Fight – Vol. 2: We the People will be released digitally on Bandcamp. Proceeds from this volume will be donated in full to the Minnesota-based Immigrant Rapid Response Fund, which provides urgent legal, financial, and community support for individuals and families impacted by immigration enforcement.
While national news coverage has largely moved on from Minnesota, the harm caused by the administration’s intimidation tactics and enforcement actions has not. The struggle remains. The damage is ongoing. And the need for resources, advocacy, and care is immediate. Even as recent headlines suggest that ICE and Homeland Security may be stepping back from the state, the long work of rebuilding lives, restoring trust, and supporting traumatized communities continues.
The Perilous Fight is not a traditional benefit compilation. It is a statement by everyday people using music to push back against cruelty, fear, and the normalization of state violence. Many contributors are not directly targeted by these policies, yet feel how close the threat has come, how easily it could touch their own towns, streets, and families. That fear is not incidental; it is cultivated. This project exists as a refusal to let that fear turn into paralysis.
Seawind of Battery is the project of New York–based guitarist Mike Horn, whose work—like that of Centripetal Force—has long treated music as a tool for solidarity and collective action. Together, they invite listeners to engage not only with the music, but with the responsibility to stand alongside those most affected.
The Perilous Fight – Vol. 2: We the People is a collective gesture of care, resistance, and material support—an attempt to meet this moment with action rather than silence.
Support The Perilous Fight here.
The Perilous Fight – Vol. 2: We the People
Seawind of Battery - What's The Use (Phish)
Barry Walker Jr - Windchill
House Band - Tropical Budget
More Klementines - Whisky's Way
Brad Rose - Memory Doesn't End
The Royal Arctic Institute - Voice Memo
Jarrod Annis - Interstate Flowers
The Far Sound - Be
John Hernandez - Jot This Down
John Swanke - Open Range
Heron & Crane - Light Fearmongering
Jon Camp - Habitat - 2025.11.06 - Waterloo Arts - Cleveland
Emergency Group - Untitled for Renée Good
Liam Grant - Noon
Steenkiste - Bischoff feat. Giacomo Salis - Obsigend 3
Monks Pond - Waves in the Cosmic Ocean
Golden Brown - Chatoyancy
Herb Lore - Navigation By Autumnal Stars
Burial Cake - You Already Were One (the Last Ghost Left in Your Closet)
Ancestree - Organize
Eve Maret - aadays tiasais aadays
flormancy - leaving
Dark Leaves - Grantchester Meadows
Little H Collective - Indistinct
