Neil Young & Crazy Horse have announced the release of a new album called Barn.
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Set to arrive on December 10, the follow-up to 2019โs Colorado comes after Young teased its arrival back in June, saying that โthe Horse is back in the barn, shaking off the rustโ.
โWe are so happy to be back in the barn, a barn built to replicate the 1850s barn that had collapsed in exactly the same place, high in the mountains of Colorado,โ Young said. He added that the personnel who have worked on the record include: Larry Cragg, Jeff Pinn, Bob Rice and Paul Davies.
In addition to the album news, Young & Crazy Horse unveiled a new track, โSong Of The Seasonsโ, available to stream for subscribers of his Neil Young Archives site.
The official Neil Young Archives Twitter account shared the news on Twitter, writing: โHey now thereโs a special treat for all you NYA members up on the Archives now โฆ enjoy.โ
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thereโs a special treat for all you NYA members up on the Archives now โฆ enjoypic.twitter.com/0yQ1TeZfzO
โ Neil Young Archives (@NeilYoungNYA) October 13, 2021
Barn will be released on December 10 via Reprise. You can see the albumโs tracklisting below.
1. โSong Of The Seasonsโ
2. โHeading Westโ
3. โChange Ainโt Never Gonnaโ
4. โCanericanโ
5. โShape Of Youโ
6. โThey Might Be Lostโ
7. โHuman Raceโ
8. โTumblinโ Thru The Yearsโ
9. โWelcome Backโ
10. โDonโt Forget Loveโ
Earlier this month, Young released Carnegie Hall 1970, the first release in his new official bootleg series.
The last couple of years have seen Young share a number of unreleased projects from his extensive vault, including 1975โs Homegrown and a number of live recordings like 1990โs Way Down In The Rust Bucket.
Meanwhile, Young has criticised hosting live shows during the pandemic, and called on big promoters to cancel their planned concerts.
In a recent blog post on his official website, Young labelled COVID-era gigs as โsuper-spreader eventsโ and said โthe big promoters are responsibleโ for any rise in cases that come from live shows.
โThe big promoters, if they had the awareness, could stop these shows,โ Young wrote in the blog post. โLive Nation, AEG, and the other big promoters could shut this down if they could just forget about making money for a whileโฆ
โThey control much of the entertainment business. They hold the power to stop shows where thousands congregate and spread. Itโs money that keeps it going. Money that motivates the spreading. The big promoters are responsible for super spreaders.โ