Neil Young's Fork In The Road

So it seems old Neil has come out with another record. Not totally surprising of course, but what is surprising is that I had no real idea; until I happened upon a review in the Globe and Mail of all places (http://tinyurl.com/cxw29z). Now I should have prefaced that by stating that I'm a huge Neil Young fan and I try to keep abreast of his activities, so this one kinda blindsided me. However, after delving into the bowels of my memory and surfing the backlog of my Facebook indox it seems a friend of mine (one Dan Bardzell) did forward to me in January the advanced "music video" for this album's title track "Fork In The Road" (http://www.neilyoung.com/forkintheroad/forkintheroadvideo.html). I guess this grainy and amateur-video-blog-esque, rant of Neil Young rocking out while plugged into his 'Apple' didn't force the connection to new album for me. In any case for those who've not yet heard the album I suggest you check out the aforementioned video first.

Full review of "Fork In The Road" will be up as soon as I've had little more time to vet the album. But a few things I can tell you, its another rocker in the tradition of 2006's "Living With War". But this outing's got a bit more of a bluesy tinge to it, however, like "Living With War" Neil is making a statement. This time he's addressing the American car culture. From what I've read thus far, the album is essentially inspired by the now completed process of turning Neil's 1959 Lincoln Continental (a true gas guzzling boat of a car) into a sustainable biofeul driven enviro-statement. So essentially Neil combines 3 of his favorite things for this one: old enormous American made cars, rock music, and making statements. Its fixin' to be a fun ride....I'll let you know.