Neil Young Releasing 'Le Noise' Sept. 28, Produced By T-Bone Burnett

Neil Young will release a new solo album, Le Noise, September 28 on Reprise Records. The eight-song set is a collaboration between Young and producer Daniel Lanois, known for his work with U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, The Neville Brothers and many others. As producer or co-producer Lanois won Grammy Awards in 1987, 1992, 1997, 2000, and 2001.

Young and Lanois have crossed paths over the years, including Lanois’ performances at Young’s Bridge School Benefit Concert and Young’s performance at Farm Aid when Lanois was Willie Nelson’s music director. But they'd never recorded together until now, working in Lanois’ home studio in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles
Le Noise features Young on acoustic and electric guitars with Lanois adding his distinctive sonic textures,  to create one of Young's most sonically provocative albums, ever. There was no band and no overdubs employed on the album, just, “a man on a stool and me doing a nice job on the recording,” Lanois said in a release.

“Neil was so appreciative of the sonics that we presented to him,” Lanois said. “He walked in the door and I put an acoustic guitar into his hands — one that I had been working on to build a new sound. That’s the multi-layered acoustic sound that you hear on the songs ‘Love and War’ and ‘Peaceful Valley Boulevard.’ I wanted him to understand that I’ve spent years dedicated to the sonics in my home and that I wanted to give him something he’d never heard before. He picked up that instrument, which had everything — an acoustic sound, electronica, bass sounds — and he knew as soon as he played it that we had taken the acoustic guitar to a new level. It’s hard to come up with a new sound at the back end of 50 years of rock and roll, but I think we did it.”
Le Noise will be released in several formats, including standard CD, vinyl, digital download, and as a deluxe CD/DVD. The DVD, shot by cinematographer Adam Vollick, will feature eight black and white films of Young performing each song solo on acoustic and electric guitar live in the studio. In November, Reprise will also release a Blu-Ray edition, featuring Lanois and Vollick’s footage of Young.

Neil Young - Le Noise track list:
Walk With Me
Sign of Love
Rescue Me
Love And War
Angry World
Hitchhiker
Peaceful Valley Blvd. 
Rumblin'


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