Neil Young announces new album, streaming orchestral, live Crazy Horse & live acoustic version of single (listen)

September 25, 2014

Neil Young at Carnegie Hall in January (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin)

Neil Young‘s already had a very busy year. He filed for divorce, appeared on Chrissie Hynde’s album, unveiled his Pono audio system, and released a “low-tech” album on Third Man, to name a few things. Now he’s releasing another album, Storeytone, in November via Reprise which he worked on with a full orchestra like he told Billboard he would earlier this year:

“I’d like to make a record with a full-blown orchestra, live — a mono recording with one mic,” he explains. “I want to do something like that where we really record what happened, with one point of view and the musicians moved closer and farther away, the way it was done in the past. To me that’s a challenge and it’s a sound that’s unbelievable, and you can’t get it any other way. So I’m into doing that.”

The album features his new song “Who’s Gonna Stand Up?,” which he’s currently streaming in three versions: the orchestral version, the live Crazy Horse version, and the live acoustic version that he played at Farm Aid.

Listen to all three below…

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Orchestral Version