Neil Young’s new album is primarily acoustic and reflects an intimate, sparse approach to each of its ten songs. Peace Trail was recorded at Rick Rubin’s Shangri-la Studios and features Young on vocals and guitar, Jim Keltner on drums and Paul Bushnell on bass. It was produced by Young and John Hanlon, who also mixed the audio. Young previewed five songs from the album during his performances during California’s Desert Trip Festival, which both Rolling Stone and Entertainment Weekly summed up as simply “explosive”.