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Bruce Springsteen has unearthed a previously unheard song titled “Repo Man.” Leaning into a honky tonk sound, it will appear on Somewhere North of Nashville, one of seven previously unreleased albums collected in his forthcoming compilation Tracks II: The Lost Albums, out June 27th (pre-order here). Stream it below.
Somewhere North of Nashville was recorded concurrently with Springsteen’s 11th studio album, The Ghost of Tom Joad, in the summer of 1995. It was recorded live in the studio with much of the same band personnel, including Danny Federici, Garry Tallent, and Gary Mallaber.
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Featuring other instruments like pedal steel from Marty Rifkin and fiddle from Soozie Tyrell, the album was inspired by honky tonk, rockabilly and uptempo country. “I’m singing ‘Repo Man’ in the afternoon and ‘The Line’ at night,” Springsteen recalled about the overlapping recording sessions.
“‘Streets of Philadelphia’ got me connected to my socially conscious or topical songwriting. So that’s where The Ghost of Tom Joad came from,” he continued. “At the same time I had this country streak that was also running through those sessions and I ended up making a country record on the side.”
All 12 songs from Somewhere North of Nashville will appear on Tracks II: The Lost Albums, a collection of seven previously unheard albums recorded between 1983 and 2018. Pre-order the box set on CD or vinyl.
Springsteen previously previewed Tracks II with “Blind Spot” from his hip-hop-inspired Streets of Philadelphia Sessions, “Rain in the River” from the lost album Perfect World, and “Faithless,” which was recorded for the soundtrack of a film that was never made.
Today (May 14th), Springsteen and The E Street Band will kick off their only tour dates of 2025, stopping in England, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Get tickets here.
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