Joshua Klein on pitchfork.com in his review of Neil Young's Le Noise album about my two favorites:
"In fact, for all its hushed restraint, the eerie "Peaceful Valley Boulevard" is a real highlight, a paean to a doomed America that plays like a tragic lyrical descendent of "Pocahontas" and "Cortez the Killer". Young may be famous for his maelstrom guitar, but in this case the apocalypse sneaks up on us with a whisper, Young's voice steeped in decades of watching the world go to hell. "When will I learn how to heal?" he later implores in "Rumblin'", knowing full well that the damage has already been done."
NPR is streaming these tracks, and in fact the entire album, until October 5th.
1.10.2010, 21:13