For 24 hours (starting Monday morning at 5 am) Bob Dylan is giving away a new track on his site as a taster for new album ‘Together Through Life‘, released at the end of April.
On ‘Beyond Here Lies Nothin‘ it is clear Dylan still loves messing around with genres and this one sounds like that Buena Vista Social Club meets Coldplay album or one of Santana’s “superstar” collaborations. The growly old voice is still there and the Dylanesque imagery and poetry are definitely in place.
However, I can’t help but feel that he is barely breaking a sweat here and like every Dylan album there will be a couple of tracks that are much more accomplished on the album proper. The fans will continue to buy his records regardless but this isn’t going to attract many new fans.
At the very least the new track has made me fish out and listen to ‘Blood On The Tracks‘ and ‘Highway 61 Revisited‘ and that can only be a good thing.
Get it while you can over at bobdylan.com
Buy it on Amazon
