Neil Young and Crazy Horse recently put out “Milky Way”, the first single from Crazy Horse’s new album, “Colorado”, slated for release next October.
As noted by Stereogum, Young has played the ballad live in the past, both solo and with his regular backing band, Promise of the Real.
In an April post to the Neil Young Archives, the singer promised a “great Crazy Horse album” that will “stand alongside ‘Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere’, ‘Rust Never Sleeps’, ‘Sleeps With Angels’, ‘Psychedelic Pill’ and all the others.”
Young and Crazy Horse recorded the album in the eponymous state of the record’s title, at the Studio in the Clouds, just outside the ski resort of Telluride.
The follow-up to “Psychedelic Pill” marks the band’s first project since the departure of Frank “Poncho” Sampedro. The guitarist has since been replaced by E Street Band member and longtime Young collaborator Nils Lofgren.
The album sessions were filmed for the upcoming documentary “Mountaintop Sessions”, which will be released to over 100 theaters across the United States in October.
Young wrote in his archives website that the film is “a wild one,” revealing that fans will “see the whole process just as it went down.”
“I don’t think a film about this subject with the openness and intensity we have captured has ever been seen,” he added.
Ahead of the documentary, Young will also unveil his latest book, “To Feel the Music: A Songwriter’s Mission to Save High-Quality Audio”, which he co-penned with Phil Baker.
“Colorado” is out Oct. 25 via Reprise. See the tracklist and listen to “Milky Way” below:
1. “Think Of Me”
2. “She Showed Me Love”
3. “Olden Days”
4. “Help Me Lose My Mind”
5. “Green Is Blue”
6. “Shut It Down”
7. “Milky Way”
8. “Eternity”
9. “Rainbow Of Colors”
10. “I Do”
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