Today, Sonic Youth have released a live recording from Kyiv, Ukraine, from April 14, 1989, to Bandcamp. Proceeds from the release will be directed to benefit World Central Kitchen and relief efforts for Ukraine.

In 1989, Sonic Youth was riding a wave of a critical claim for their fifth studio album, 1988’s Daydream Nation. The release led them into their first tour of what was at the time the USSR. The New York City band made stops in Vilnius, Leningrad, Moscow and Kyiv, giving Lithuanians, Russians, and Ukrainians their first chance to see the underground icons in the flesh.

Though the trip was cut short, much like the recording, Sonic Youth left a lasting impression on the attendees, which included Gogol Bordello’s Eugene Hutz, who recently helped The City Winery in New York City put on a benefit concert for Ukraine through the Come Back Alive foundation.

“That SY Kyiv show was life-changing for all musicians that were there… we were already attuned to Nick Cave, Einsturzende Neubauten, S Pistols and Discharge but these were the new vitamins we needed. I made a decision to experience NY right there. Plus my friends VV were opening so I got in free. The fact that it wasn’t shut down halfway through like all other punk gigs was the doing of a Ukrainian man named Mikhail Gorbachev, who set up the atmosphere of political ‘springtime’ and a promise of change,” said Hutz of the shows in a release.

The revisiting of the test honors is meant to honor Ukraine’s spirit, and the World Central Kitchen provides frontlines with meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises, working to build resilient food systems with locally-led solutions in tandem. Learn more about the Central Kitchen here.

Listen to Sonic Youth Live In Kyiv, Ukraine 1989, here or below.