Den 14. juni slipper Bruce «The Boss» Springsteen sitt første nye studioalbum siden «High Hopes» (2014). Soloalbumet skal ha vært tilnærmet klart siden våren 2017.
Med ny musikk inspirert fra 1960-tallets californisk popmusikk skal igjen «Amerikas sjel» fortelle oss hverdagslige historier, og gi oss nytt perspektiv på mellommenneskelige relasjoner.
De siste tre dagene har Springsteen på sin Twitter- og Instagram-konto daglig sluppet bilder som har hintet om noe kommende – det har blitt spekulert i nytt album – med naturskjønne foto fra midtvesten i USA.
I pressmeldingen uttaler Springsteen selv: «This record is a return to my solo recordings featuring character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements. It’s a jewel box of a record.» Han har tidligere sammenlignet det med «Tunnel of Love» og «Devils and Dust». Karakterdrevne sanger, men med en helt annen sound enn de foregående klassikerne.
Den amerikanske rockeren, som fyller 70 (!) år i september, avsluttet i desember sin suksessrike show-serie på Broadway («Springsteen on Broadway»). Etter halvannet år på Broadway , med 236 solokonserter, lovet Sjefen at han nå skulle ta en pause fra turnélivet og fokusere på ny musikk.
PS! Lyd & Bilde så soloshowet på Broadway, live, to ganger; hele showet kan nå nydes på Netflix.
Idet han var i ferd med å avrunde Broadway-showene, slo han av en prat med Variety og snakket om Trump, kommende planer og det overmodne nye soloalbumet.
Etter spekulasjoner i fjor høst om en snarlig release av det ferdige albumet kom Springsteen på banen og garanterte at det ikke ville bli noen ny E Street-turné i 2019 – men unnlot å nevne muligheten for en soloturné. En kommende turné er foreløbig ikke bekreftet.
Den første singelen, og musikkvideo, fra det nye albumet, «Hello Sunshine» slippes kl. 06:00 i morgen.
(Foto: @springsteen (Twitter))Bruce Springsteen: “The 13 tracks of Western Stars encompass a sweeping range of American themes, of highways and desert spaces, of isolation and community and the permanence of home and hope.”
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«Western Stars» inneholder følgende låter:
1. “Hitch Hikin’”
2. “The Wayfarer”
3. “Tucson Train”
4. “Western Stars”
5. “Sleepy Joe’s Café”
6. “Drive Fast (The Stuntman)”
7. “Chasin’ Wild Horses”
8. “Sundown”
9. “Somewhere North of Nashville”
10. “Stones”
11. “There Goes My Miracle”
12. “Hello Sunshine”
13. “Moonlight Motel”
Les hele pressmeldingen fra Columbia Records her:
Bruce Springsteen’s first new studio album in five years takes his music to a new place, drawing inspiration in part from the Southern California pop records of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. The album was recorded primarily at Springsteen’s home studio in New Jersey, with additional recording in California and New York. Columbia Records will release Springsteen’s 19th studio album on June 14. Western Stars will be available for pre-order on Friday, April 26.
“This record is a return to my solo recordings featuring character driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements,» says Springsteen. «It’s a jewel box of a record.»
The 13 tracks of Western Stars encompass a sweeping range of American themes, of highways and desert spaces, of isolation and community and the permanence of home and hope.
The song «Hello Sunshine» and a video will be released just after midnight ET tonight.
Ron Aniello produced the album with Springsteen and plays bass, keyboard, and other instruments. Patti Scialfa provides vocals and contributes vocal arrangements on four tracks. The musical arrangements include strings, horns, pedal steel and contributions from more than 20 other players including Jon Brion (who plays celeste, Moog, and farfisa), as well as guest appearances by David Sancious, Charlie Giordano, and Soozie Tyrell. The album was mixed by Tom Elmhirst.
Bruce Springsteen’s recording career spans over 40 years, beginning with 1973’s ‘Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ’ (Columbia Records). He has garnered 20 Grammys, won an Oscar and a Tony, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received a Kennedy Center Honor, and was MusiCares’ 2013 Person of the Year. Springsteen’s memoir ‘Born to Run’ (Simon & Schuster) and its companion album ‘Chapter and Verse’ were released in September 2016, and he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in November 2016. His historic 236-show run of ‘Springsteen on Broadway’ at Jujamcyn’s Walter Kerr Theatre from October 2017 to December 2018 also yielded an accompanying soundtrack album and Netflix special.
Bruce Springsteens hjemmeside.
