Each week, Consequence’s Songs of the Week column spotlights one of the best new tracks from the final seven days. Discover our new favorites on our High Songs playlist, and for extra nice songs from rising artists, take heed to our New Sounds playlist. This week, rock veteran Bruce Springsteen unveils “Repo Man,” a beforehand unreleased minimize from the vault.
It’s been a giant information week for Bruce Springsteen followers. The Boss launched his worldwide “Land of Hope and Goals Tour” on Wednesday and, on account of the run’s political themes, caught the ire of Trump’s itchy thumbs. Such headlines are enjoyable fireworks, however probably the most substantive Springsteen information was undoubtedly the discharge of the beforehand unheard music “Repo Man,” taken from the upcoming compilation Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums (pre-order right here).
“Repo Man” merely serves as the newest unearthed tune from Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums, because the tracklist boasts a whopping 74 never-before-heard songs from (you guessed it) “misplaced” tasks. Forward of the compilation’s June twenty seventh launch, The Boss has so far shared the hip-hop impressed “Blind Spot” and “Faithless,” which the songwriter penned for a movie that by no means noticed the sunshine of day. So, the place does “Repo Man” match into all this?
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Like the opposite previews, “Repo Man” finds Sprinsteen branching out and experimenting with types for which he’s not usually recognized. On this case, it’s some good ol’ honkey tonk nation — and, boy, the band lays it on thick. I imply, the tune actually kicks off with a metal guitar lick, and a saloon-esque piano hammers away all through the three-minute runtime. For his half, Bruce matches the cowboy vitality, leaning into the grit of his voice and singing about “grifters, bums, onerous circumstances, and slobs.”
Merely put, it’s a blast to listen to Springsteen sound like he’s soundtracking a bar struggle within the Wild West. Longtime followers are positive to search out pleasure within the novelty of the jam, whereas new followers can merely benefit from the music’s infectious vitality. However, hey, it’s The Boss we’re speaking about right here: we knew that even his vaulted materials was certain to be fairly durn’ good. Ptooo!
— Jonah Krueger