The star takes matters into his own hands.Neil Young's forthcoming anti-war album has been given a possible full release date of between May 5th and 15th, Sound Generator has learnt.
Titled "Living With War", the set is an all-new work which faces down the US-Iraq war and George W. Bush's presidency of the United States.
"I was waiting for someone to come along, some young singer 18 to 22 years old to write these songs and stand up," Young told the LA Times recently. "I waited a long time. Then I decided that maybe the generation that has to do this is still the '60s generation. We're still here."
Running across ten tracks, Young compares the setlist to Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs, with a 'metal folk' sound. The tracklisting is: 'After The Garden', 'Living With War', 'Restless Consumer', 'Shock & Awe', 'Families', 'Flags Of Freedom', 'Let's Impeach The President', 'Looking For A Leader', 'Roger And Out' and 'America The Beautiful'.
The album's lyrics are being posted as rolling tickers on Neil Young's official website as a rate of one per day. At present, the full lyrics to five tracks have been posted.
All ten tracks will be available to stream from Young's official website Neilyoung.com from this Friday, April 28, and as a digital download fro May 2nd. Warner Bros. are attempting to make the album, which was written during a two-week burst of creativity, available as soon as it can be manufactured.
