{"id":2443623,"date":"2019-05-01T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=829232"},"modified":"2019-05-01T07:00:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T13:00:13","slug":"lukas-nelson-and-promise-of-the-real-detail-new-lp-featuring-neil-young-sheryl-crow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/lukas-nelson-and-promise-of-the-real-detail-new-lp-featuring-neil-young-sheryl-crow\/","title":{"rendered":"Lukas Nelson and Promise of the Real Detail New LP Featuring Neil Young, Sheryl Crow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Since releasing 2017\u2019s Something Real<\/em>, Lukas Nelson<\/a> & Promise of the Real have played 200-plus shows \u2014 both on their own and with Neil Young, inspiring some of the legend\u2019s fieriest shows in years. \u201cThey have no fear,\u201d Young told RS<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> \u201cThey\u2019re much better players than I am. Lukas is like a gunslinger.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band took that fire and experience into the studio for their new album, Turn Off the News (Build a Garden),<\/em> out June 14th, where they double down on their psychedelic cowboy anthems, with help from friends including Sheryl Crow<\/a>, Kesha<\/a> and Young himself. The album features everything from soaring wall-of-sound arrangements (the Roy Orbison\u2013inspired \u201cWhere Does Love Go\u201d) to wildly fun country-rock throwdowns like the joyous twin-guitar jam \u201cCivilized Hell\u201d \u2014 a duet between Lukas and his dad Willie \u2014 and twangy road anthem \u201cLotta Fun,\u201d with Margo Price. Another highlight is \u201cSave a Little Heartache\u201d a funky stomper with Kesha on backing vocals.<\/p>\n

One of the album\u2019s big themes is trying to find peace and happiness in a world of chaos. On title track \u201cTurn Off the News,\u201d Lukas details his attempt to focus on love instead of other things he can\u2019t control: \u201cMaybe I\u2019ll turn off the fuckin\u2019 news,\u201d he sings. The song has become a new crowd favorite.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted these songs to be fun and upbeat,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cBut we also wanted to have something to say. Rock & roll began as a countercultural movement, so in the true spirit of rock & roll, we\u2019re trying to encourage a lifestyle where people can be active in their local communities, rather than glued to a device. We listen to so many artists \u2014 the Byrds, Tom Petty, Al Green, Neil Young, Little Feat, J.J. Cale \u2014 and this album carries forth something they all represented, the idea of turning off the news and doing something constructive. It\u2019s a statement about how you can live your life with your heart leading the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

A new trailer for the album captures the spirit of the sessions, which took place at studios including Malibu\u2019s legendary Shangri-La with producer John Alagia. We see the group smoking weed, playing ping-pong and sharing ideas \u2014 Lukas shows his bandmates the title track and asks for feedback. \u201cI don\u2019t even hear drums on it,\u201d one member says. They found a compromise: The album includes both a full-band version and an acoustic version that features Neil Young on pump organ.<\/p>\n