Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts (2025)
Let’s Roll Again by Neil Young and the Chrome Hearts critiques Elon Musk and Tesla while urging American car manufacturers to produce safer, environmentally friendly vehicles. The song’s lyrics express concern over the electric vehicle market and highlight the need for innovation that prioritizes safety and sustainability.
Six days after previewing the song at the semi-annual Light Up The Blues charity show, Neil Young has officially released “Let’s Roll Again” from his upcoming LP Talkin’ To the Trees, which arrives June 13. It may sound like a sequel to his 2002 September 11 song “Let’s Roll,” but it’s actually a plea for auto manufacturers to act responsibly and create more electric vehicles.
“C’mon Ford, C’mon GM,” he sings. “C’mon Chrysler, let’s roll again/Build somethin’ useful, people need/Build us a safe way for us to be/Build us somethin’ won’t kill our kids.”
This doesn’t, however, mean he wants people to support Elon Musk and buy Teslas. “If yer a fascist/Then get a Tesla,” he sings. “If it’s electric, it doesn’t matter.” (Two decades back, Young created his own electric vehicle, Lincvolt. The saga is chronicled on his 2009 LP Fork in the Road.)
Talkin’ To The Trees is Young’s first album with his new band, the Chrome Hearts, which includes guitarist Micah Nelson, organist Spooner Oldham, bassist Corey McCormick, and drummer Anthony Logerfo. (The band is essentially Promise of the Real minus Lukas Nelson, with Oldham added in.) In January, Young shared the Talkin’ To The Trees album cut “Big Change.”
