Stereogum premiered the video for Neil Young’s “Angry World” from his upcoming solo album, Le Noise.
Interesting. The song begins and ends with looping guitar and voice, creating a nice circular structure; the song is endless, perhaps. The thick, crunchy guitar tone, balanced as it is with fine high end light, is extremely cool and expertly handled by Young, and the video—especially the hot girl parts—is intriguing. But I’m less impressed by Young’s vocal delivery and the lyrical content, which strike me as being a bit weak and lazy. It’s an angry world for the businessman and the fisherman? I want more thoughtful, more melodic content from Neil Young.
Perhaps it’s important to remember that this is just one track from an album of eight. I like the fact that there are only eight songs on Le Noise. It suggests a time when albums were made to be listened to from beginning to end, songs sequenced in a way that communicates a certain message and mood.
“Walk With Me”
“Sign Of Love”
“Someone’s Gonna Rescue You”
“Love And War”
“Angry World”
“Hitchhiker”
“Peaceful Valley Boulevard”
“Rumblin”
Vinyl, CD, and iTunes digital editions of Le Noise, produced by Daniel Lanois, will hit stores on September 28th, while a Blu-ray edition and iPhone/iPad app will be available one month later.
“Sign Of Love”
“Someone’s Gonna Rescue You”
“Love And War”
“Angry World”
“Hitchhiker”
“Peaceful Valley Boulevard”
“Rumblin”
Vinyl, CD, and iTunes digital editions of Le Noise, produced by Daniel Lanois, will hit stores on September 28th, while a Blu-ray edition and iPhone/iPad app will be available one month later.
