Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth, The Low Anthem and Matt Costa have all contributed music to a new compilation called Esperanza: Songs From Jack Kerouac’s Tristessa, which is set for release on September 17 via ReImagine Music. The album’s songs are all either based on or influenced by the prose of one of Kerouac’s darkest novels Tristessa, the tale of a morphine-addicted prostitute that Kerouac falls in love with.

The album is produced by Jim Sampas, who initiated and executive produced Big Sur, a feature film based on Kerouac’s novel of the same name. Other artists on the record include William Fitzsimmons, Gregory Alan Isakov, Peter Bradley Adams, Alela Diane, Wintersleep, Marissa Nadler, Joshua James, Hey Rosetta!, Willy Mason and Tony Dekker (of The Great Lake Swimmers).

Esperanza: Songs From Jack Kerouac’s Tristessa tracklist:

1. WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS WITH TIM & ADAM—First Page of Kerouac’s Tristessa
2. TIM & ADAM—Billie Holiday Eyes
3. GREGORY ALAN ISOKOV—O City Lights
4. PETER BRADLEY ADAMS—She Has To Come Down
5. ALELA DIANE—We Are Nothing
6. WINTERSLEEP—Father Time
7. MARISSA NADLER—Tristessa’s Song
8. JOSHUA JAMES—Esperanza (Spanish Version)
9. LEE RANALDO—Middle Page of Kerouac’s Tristessa
10. HEY ROSETTA!—Sad Animals
11. WILL DAILEY—Broke No Calm
12. WILLY MASON—I Have Known Love
13. MATT COSTA—Shadows of Autumn
14. THE LOW ANTHEM—Numbers In Nirvana
15. NEAL McCARTHY WITH BARBARA KESSLER—Esperanza (English Version)
16. TONY DEKKER WITH HANNE HUKKELBERG—Last Page of Kerouac’s Tristessa