Sleeps With Angels

Sleeps With AngelsReleased on August 16, 1994, Sleeps With Angels is Neil Young's twenty second studio album and his seventh recorded with Crazy Horse. The album arrived in the shadow of Kurt Cobain's death that April Cobain had famously quoted Young's lyric "it's better to burn out than to fade away" in his suicide note, and Young responded by writing the haunting title track just twenty days after Cobain's passing. Although almost all of the record was already in the

the album serves as both a tribute to founding member Syd Barrett and a critique of the music industry

allowing the listener to fully appreciate the nuances of each performance

Contemporary write‑ups frame this remaster as a definitive way to hear Slowly We Rot: still filthy and cavernous enough to honor its underground origins

With a mix of folk

” where shimmering clean guitars

each telling stories that resonate on a personal level

" The sessions aimed for a more organic

built around hard-driving guitars

The Twin Rivers String Band complements his artistry with their tight harmonies and instrumental prowess

and a variety of effects that create an almost ethereal quality

which included notable musicians such as Herbie Hancock on piano

and Garrison Burgess (drums) — released May 22