In support of the People's Climate March earlier this week, rock legend Neil Young shared a new version of his pro-environment song "Who's Gonna Stand Up?," recorded with a 92-piece orchestra. Today, Pitchfork reports that Young has announced a full album of orchestral music, titled Storytone, which is set for release in November through Reprise Records. It is not clear if "Who's Gonna Stand Up?" will be included on the album.
Earlier this year, Young spoke with Billboard about what he had planned for his next album. "I'd like to make a record with a full-blown orchestra, live - a mono recording with one mic," he revealed. "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."
Storytone will be Young's second album released in 2014, following his solo acoustic album A Letter Home from back in April, which consisted entirely of cover songs recorded inside of Jack White's Voice-o-Graph booth at the Third Man Records headquarters in Nashville. Prior to A Letter Home, Young's last album was the 2012 double album Psychedelic Pill with his backing band Crazy Horse.
The new orchestral version of "Who's Gonna Stand Up?" is actually the third version that Young has shared. He first released the song as a live recording with Crazy Horse earlier this month, and performed it acoustically at this year's Farm Aid. You can listen to all three versions below:
