Watch Neil Young Debut EARTH At Natural History Museum In LA

1:54 PM EDT on May 7, 2016

Neil Young debuted his upcoming live album EARTH at the Natural History Museum Of Los Angeles County last night. The listening party began with a brief introduction from Young himself -- "As John Lennon would say, 'Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream'" -- after which the album played in its entirety in high definition Pono audio in the museum's outdoor Nature Gardens. The LP, which was recorded during Young's 2015 tour with Promise Of The Real as his backing band, also includes nature sounds in the mix, so a natural history museum seems like a fitting backdrop for its premiere. Watch some footage from the event below.

#neilyoung introducing his new album #earth
A video posted by Myra Anderson (@myraanderson) on May 6, 2016 at 8:08pm PDT

Oh the man and his music
A video posted by Lindy (@lwillingham) on May 7, 2016 at 9:06am PDT

Neil Young 'Earth' album listening party at NHM--w/ animal noises...
A video posted by Fred Schruers (@schruers) on May 6, 2016 at 8:07pm PDT

#firstfridays with Mr. Neil Young
A video posted by @sqzmyorangeradio on May 6, 2016 at 8:10pm PDT

Well, that's #magical. #neilyoung #earth #nhmla
A video posted by Patricio Augusto Blanco (@photauggie) on May 6, 2016 at 8:43pm PDT

#firstfridays at the #naturalhistorymuseum was all kinds of folky tonight. @fartsvilleusa is an #mvp for hooking up this ticky. #nhm #neilyoung
A video posted by Mitchell Allen (@themitchallen) on May 6, 2016 at 10:05pm PDT

First Fridays at @nhmla with @alissakol and @neilyoung #earth #bones
A video posted by Katherine Rodriguez (@outofthenoise) on May 6, 2016 at 10:32pm PDT

EARTH is out 6/17 via Reprise.