For the most part, it seems like each new track from Ryan Adams are released fairly random and without rhyme or reason. This latest offering from the legendary singer-songwriter, however, debuts for a good cause.

Adams’ “Shine Through the Dark”, which has never been released and only played live a handful of times, will be a part of the upcoming homeless youth benefit CD Live From Nowhere Near You: Vol. II. Like other recent samples from the compilation, the sparse, folksy number is breathtaking in its simplicity, the “first track I wrote after my retirement‘, according to Adams, as he lay recovering from the flu. Maybe more artists should get the sniffles everyone now and again.

Check out the track below, courtesy of Under the Radar. Head here to pre-order the comp., which is available beginning July 19th.