Neil Young and Crazy Horse have shared a first preview of their upcoming album ‘Toast’ – listen to ‘Timberline’ below.The album was originally recorded by Young and the band in 2001 before being shelved.
It was then finally announced for a July 8 release date earlier this year.Young revealed his plans to drop ‘Toast’ – named for the San Francisco studio in which it was minted – in a post shared to his blog, the Neil Young Archives.
Though that post has since been deleted, ‘Toast’ is locked in for release on Friday (July 8) via Reprise. CD and vinyl pre-orders are available from Young’s webstore, The Greedy Hand, with a sell describing the record as “heavy and distressed, brimming with electrifying tension”.Saying that the album was “so sad at the time that I couldn’t put it out,” Young added of ‘Timberline’: “The scene changes to a religious guy who just lost his job.
He’s turning on Jesus. He can’t cut any more trees. He’s a logger.”Listen to ‘Timberline’ below.According to Young, ‘Toast’ is “an album that stands on its own in [his] collection”.
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