Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts are Spooner Oldham (Farfisa organ), Micah Nelson (guitar and vocal), Corey McCormick (bass and vocal), and Anthony LoGerfo (drums). Young shared another new song. “Talkin’ To The Trees” marks Neil Young’s first studio recording with his new band, the Chrome Hearts . This record moves fluidly between intimate acoustic reflections and fervent rockers. Opening with the warm, personal ballad “Family Life” and the gritty garage-blues stomp of “Dark Mirage,” it then alternates heartfelt tunes like “First Fire of Winter” and ode-like “Silver Eagle” with the politically charged “Big Change” and the rally-cry of “Let’s Roll Again”.
At once a reflective, tender work and a pointed protest album, it finds Young as impassioned and vital as ever, with a message that leaves no doubt where Neil Young stands in these challenging times.
Never one to waste previously used lyrics or old-guy activist sentiments, Young and his clanking, grungy new ensemble with guitarist Micah Nelson borrows the fervour that filled his post-9/11 track “Let’s Roll” and revisioned it for a new battle cry—one geared to take down Tesla owner Elon Musk while prodding American auto manufacturers to make safer electric vehicles.
Best lyric: “Don’t want no loud sounds coming from the back, spewing macho poison / It’s not a race track.”
All songs were written by Neil Young, co-produced by Young and Lou Adler and recorded at Rick Rubin‘s Shangri-La Studios in Malibu, Calif.
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