Prolific rocker Neil Young is at his curmudgeonly best on “Peace Trail,” bemoaning his place in the current generation while standing up for his decades-long commitment to fighting for the underdog.
In that way, the largely acoustic “Peace Trail” is representative of late-career Young. It’s quirky, soulful, poignant and powerful — if not a little unpolished.
Young stands up for the Standing Rock Sioux and other protesters who have been fighting an oil pipeline in North Dakota on “Indian Givers.” He ends the 10-song album with “My New Robot,” a track that could have easily fit on his computerized 1982 release “Trans.”
On “My Pledge” Young sings, “I’m lost in this new generation, left me behind it seems.” And, in a great touch of irony, he sings it while using Auto-Tune.