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Peace Trail
Rock · 2016 · 10 tracks · 38m

Peace Trail

A raw, skeletal collection of protest folk recorded in just four days. Sparse acoustic arrangements meet strange digital artifacts and reactive, shaggy percussion.

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It's Neil Young at his most urgent and unpolished, sounding like he recorded it in your living room while watching the news.

A restless and urgent sense of social concern delivered through sparse, improvisational folk.

Peace Trail · vs · Neil Young
Protest+3.3σ

The writing leans far further into protest than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 10 Tracks · 38m
01
Peace Trail
5:31
02
Can’t Stop Workin’
2:45
03
Indian Givers
5:40
04
Show Me
4:03
05
Texas Rangers
2:30
06
Terrorist Suicide Hang Gliders
3:17
07
John Oaks
5:11
08
My Pledge
3:55
09
Glass Accident
2:52
10
My New Robot
2:34
Moments Worth Waiting For
The jarring and unexpected use of Auto-Tune on 'My Pledge' that creates a ghostly, digital disconnect from the earthy folk backing.
Jim Keltner's erratic, conversational drumming on the title track which feels like a second voice arguing with the guitar.
The sudden, eerie transition into mechanical sound effects and robotic voices that closes out 'My New Robot'.
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