“Old man Neil takes a look at the right now on the messy but energised and spirited The Visitor”
“Neil Young’s latest LP with heartland-rock band Promise of the Real opens with “Already Great,” where the guitars cut like rusty plows and anti-Trump invective becomes bitter tribute: “You’re the promise land/The helping hand/No wall. No hate. No fascist U.S.A.” That sense of cranky rage and ageless idealism are all over The Visitor. On the somber folk shuffle “Almost Always,” he complains about “”
“While still pointedly political, Neil Young’s latest with Promise of the Real takes a more freewheeling, macro look at the world and becomes more centered than his recent albums.”
