In November 2001, he was asked by Chris Boland of folk/rock band Alighting to write and record a song for a charity compilation.

A year later another poem "Narcissus" was included in a charity compilation benefiting destitute students, edited by Pyotr F. Yakubovich.

The earliest recorded appearance for the band seems to have been on a charity compilation called Blackrock Youth Aid '85, put together at Newpark School.

The charity compilation costs $10 and includes 38 songs from the biggest pop stars, including the likes of Lady Gaga, U2, Justin Bieber, and Shakira.

Midway through the tour, Brian Eno commissioned the band to contribute a song to The Help Album, a charity compilation organised by War Child.

"Leather Jacket" would also later appear on the charity compilation No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees.

The album version of the song appears as the lead-off track on the 2000 charity compilation album Songs for Summer.

"Searching" was chosen to be part of a charity compilation by development charity Kamay a Puso which was distributed nationally across America in October 2008.

Find the song on "Drop the Debt" (World Village/Harmonia Mundi), a charity compilation that benefits debt cancellation for developing countries.

But beware: much of the disc sounds like - you guessed it - a charity compilation.