Neil Young recently teamed up with Micah Nelson, Spooner Oldham, and Promise of the Real’s Corey McCormick and Anthony Logerfo for a new band dubbed neil young and the chrome hearts, and today, the group has unveiled their debut single, “big change.”
Co-produced by Young and Lou Adler, “big change” is a guitar-driven, hard-hitting rock song with politically-charged lyrics forewarning listeners of the titular “change,” which “could be bad” or “could be great,” according to Young’s impassioned wail. Underneath, the power of the band comes together with a raw, uproarious energy, conveying the urgency of the times with a timeless, familiar grit.
Stream “big change” below.
After collaborating with Micah Nelson (Willie Nelson’s son) for several years, Young debuted the chrome hearts project at Farm Aid last year. Now, the band is expected to tour in 2025, but no dates have been confirmed, with the exception of Glastonbury 2025 — which Young pulled out of, before changing his mind and committing to a headline set.
In other Young news, he reportedly “loved” the biopic about his friend Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown.