LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL : TURN OFF THE NEWS BUILD A GARDEN

1. Bad Case
2. Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)
3. Where Does Love Go
4. Save A Little Heartache
5. Lotta Fun
6. Civilized Hell
7. Mystery
8. Simple Life
9. Out In LA
10. Something Real
11. Stars Made Of You
12. Turn Off The News (Build A Garden)
13. Consider It Heaven

Label : Fantasy

Length : 51:18

Release Date : June 14, 2019

Review (AllMusic) : Lukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real kick off Turn Off the News, Build a Garden with "Bad Case," a pop tune powered by an incandescent jangle of riffs that evokes memories of the Byrds, or perhaps R.E.M. It's an appropriate opening salvo for a record that is lithe and bright, functioning in some ways as the flipside to the group's 2017 major-label debut for Fantasy. Where that eponymous album tilted toward burlier Americana and weathered country, Turn Off the News, Build a Garden is relaxed and open-hearted. Working its way through rockers made to bask in the sunshine, Turn Off the News has its share of barbed protest - most evident on the second version of the title track, an acoustic rendition which ends with Nelson cussing - the record winds up delivering on its title promise by offering organic music designed to be a sustainable resource. Taking advantage of the opportunities that have come their way since they teamed up with Neil Young - opportunities that included contributions to Bradley Cooper's Oscar-winning 2018 remake of A Star Is Born - the Promise of the Real do sound bigger than they did in their earliest days, and they sound wilier, too. Unlike a lot of Americana bands, Nelson and co. have omnivorous tastes and a sense of humor, a combination that results in slow-grooving R&B numbers, sun-kissed pop, rangy rockers, and a persistent good vibe. In troubled times, the band have managed to deliver an album filled with optimism, and that's a remarkable feat.