Bruce Springsteen has unearthed a beforehand unheard music titled “Repo Man.” Leaning right into a honky tonk sound, it’s taken fron Someplace North of Nashville, one in all seven beforehand unreleased albums collected in his forthcoming compilation Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums, out June twenty seventh (pre-order right here). Stream it beneath.
Someplace North of Nashville was recorded concurrently with Springsteen’s eleventh studio album, The Ghost of Tom Joad, in the summertime of 1995. It was tracked stay within the studio with a lot of the identical band personnel, together with Danny Federici, Garry Tallent, and Gary Mallaber.
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That includes different devices like pedal metal from Marty Rifkin and fiddle from Soozie Tyrell, the album was impressed by honky tonk, rockabilly and uptempo nation. “I’m singing ‘Repo Man’ within the afternoon and ‘The Line’ at night time,” Springsteen recalled in regards to the overlapping recording classes.
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“‘Streets of Philadelphia’ obtained me linked to my socially aware or topical songwriting. In order that’s the place The Ghost of Tom Joad got here from,” he continued. “On the similar time I had this nation streak that was additionally working by means of these classes and I ended up making a rustic report on the aspect.”
All 12 songs from Someplace North of Nashville will seem on Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums, a set of seven beforehand unheard albums recorded between 1983 and 2018. Pre-order the field set on CD or vinyl.
Springsteen beforehand previewed Tracks II with “Blind Spot” from his hip-hop-inspired Streets of Philadelphia Classes, “Rain within the River” from the misplaced album Good World, and “Faithless,” which was recorded for the soundtrack of a movie that was by no means made.
In the present day (Might 14th), Springsteen and The E Avenue Band will kick off their solely tour dates of 2025, stopping in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Get tickets right here.