"Originally released on vinyl for Record Store Day in April 2025, the release in other formats clarifies how, in more ways than one, Neil Young’s live album with the Chrome Hearts is a mirror image of last year’s studio album with that band. The dramatic crescendos that lead into the centerpiece of 1977’s "American Stars 'n Bars" suggest this composition has never rung so true as a simple (not silly) love song for the man who wrote and released it nearly half a decade ago. Such is that depth of emotion it corresponds to the absorbing nature of the sonics overseen by producer Lou Adler with Young and his long-time "Volume Dealer" collaborator Niko Bolas. Such is the palpable impact; it permeates virtually the entire seventy-some minutes of "As Time Explodes"." (Glide Magazine)
"As you might have noticed, the US is bitterly politically divided these days. (2025) So it’s hardly surprising that "Talkin To The Trees", Neil Young’s forty-fourth studio album has a thing or two to say about that. While no one has ever looked to Young for cogent political analysis, there’s no denying that he’s capable of writing gloriously blunt and bracing protest songs when he’s properly fired up. "Big Change" and "Let’s Roll Again" are the new record’s snarling highlights, a one-two knockout punch of sarcasm-drenched yet entirely sincere bile in which Young cranks up his guitar and takes direct aim at Trump and his lackey Elon Musk. "Big Change" boils down to Young declaring: ‘Big change is comin’!’ over three descending distorted chords, but that’s all he needs to summon up the horror of the Trump Reich apocalypse. What it is, though, is the weirdly comforting sound of an oddball genius proffering words of hope as the world burns all around us." (Loudersound; 3,5 uit 4 sterren)
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