Neil Young and the chrome hearts—both names stylized all in lower case—have released a new single, “big change,” which looks ahead at what could come in 2025 with Young’s signature lyrical awareness. Along with his band—Micah Nelson, Spooner Oldham, Corey McCormick, and Anthony LoGerfo—Young is staring the future in the face and anticipating how to react as the world changes.
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There’s an innate sense of dichotomy in “big change,” which reflects, specifically, the U.S. political landscape. “Big change is comin’ / Comin’ right home to you / Big change is comin’ / You know what you gotta do / Big change is comin’ / Could be bad and it could be good / Big change is comin’ / It’s comin’ right home / To where you stood,” the song begins.
It continues with alternating perspectives like, “Might be a politician / Tryin’ to say something new,” “Might be your decision / Now you got to see it through,” “Might be bad and it might be good / Big change is comin’ to you,” and “Gotta do what you gotta do / Head for the hills or go to town.” The song offers choices, but essentially boils down to “make your own decision, whatever that may be.”
Neil Young is Working on a New Album with Recent Band the Chrome Hearts
Neil Young and the chrome hearts have been hard at work on a new album with producer Lou Adler which will most likely come out this year. As of January 1, the album was untitled, but Young had some ideas.
“I think it’s called Talking to the Trees, but I’m not sure,” he said, speaking with The Mentors Radio podcast. The album allegedly has come together over the last few months, taking shape quickly and surprising even Neil Young with its swift conception.
“I never even knew [this music] was there until a couple of months ago, when I wrote all the songs and recorded them all,” he explained. “I mean, that all happened just like that.” Additionally, Young was going through a dry songwriting spell when these songs came to him like a bolt of lightning. “You don’t have a plan,” he admitted. “I went for two years without writing anything, and I was wondering, ‘Well, is that it?’ Who knows? I can’t tell.”
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