Bruce Springsteen Says New Album Is 'Most Direct' He's Ever Made
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Written by Elliott Batte
62 year-old rock legend Bruce Springsteen has told fans that his new record ‘Wrecking Ball’ is his most ‘direct’ album to date, comparing it most closely to his 1982 album ‘Nebraska’.
‘Wrecking Ball’ is set to be Springsteen’s 18th studio album, and his first since 2009’s ‘Working on a Dream’. Set for a release on March 5th, it’ll mean Bruce has a whole range of new material to play out during his summer UK dates, festival appearances and his European tour. But what exactly can fans expect to hear?
“This is as direct a record as I ever made,” Bruce told the Rolling Stone. “That's with the possible exception of Nebraska, which this record has a lot in common with. The record basically started out as folk music - just me and a guitar singing these songs.
“Then Ron brought a large library of sound that allowed me to explore - like maybe a hip-hop drum loop or country-blues stomp loop. The actual drums came later. There was no preconceived set of instruments that needed to be used, I could go anywhere, do anything, use anything. It was very wide open.”
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