Each week, Consequence’s Songs of the Week column spotlights the finest new tracks from the final seven days. Discover our new favorites on our Top 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 lower from the vault.
It’s been a giant information week for Bruce Springsteen followers. The Boss launched his worldwide “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour” on Wednesday and, in consequence of the run’s political themes, caught the ire of Trump’s itchy thumbs. Such headlines are enjoyable fireworks, however the most substantive Springsteen information was undoubtedly the launch of the beforehand unheard tune “Repo Man,” taken from the upcoming compilation Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums (pre-order here).
“Repo Man” merely serves as the newest unearthed tune from Tracks II: The Misplaced Albums, as 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 up to now shared the hip-hop impressed “Blind Spot” and “Faithless,” which the songwriter penned for a movie that by no means noticed the gentle of day. So, the place does “Repo Man” match into all this?
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Like the different previews, “Repo Man” finds Sprinsteen branching out and experimenting with kinds for which he’s not usually identified. 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 power, leaning into the grit of his voice and singing about “grifters, bums, arduous instances, and slobs.”
Merely put, it’s a blast to listen to Springsteen sound like he’s soundtracking a bar struggle in the Wild West. Longtime followers are certain to search out pleasure in the novelty of the jam, whereas new followers can merely take pleasure in the tune’s infectious power. However, hey, it’s The Boss we’re speaking about right here: we knew that even his vaulted materials was sure to be fairly durn’ good. Ptooo!
— Jonah Krueger
