New Springsteen Album "Western Stars" June 14*

Springsteen, Neil Young and Bob Dylan on tap for June. Better start saving pennies.....

 

I like the strings, I hope they really are "strings".

 

The Holy Trinity for me. Plus, new releases from The Black Keys, Raconteurs, Willie Nelson, and two smaller indie bands I like. Makes my head spin.

 

Initial thoughts on “Hello Sunshine” from the new album.
Vocals are very good, accompaniment is good.
Nice arrangement. Good pedal steel. Nice touch, strings too..(synth?)
Nice production by Bruce and Aniello.
Melody and the sound and feel of song, as mentioned, resembles a mix of “Everybody’s Talkin” and “Good Time Charlie”..
A homage?

 

I thought I read some guy plays Mellotron on the album

 

More Thoughts
The cover of the album looks like it could be a cover of another Steve Miller Hits album.
It’s ok. Not that bad.

 

I just listened to the song and I have to say I really like it a lot on first listen. It's just lovely.
I've been discovering and enjoying the song craft of Lyle Lovett and early Tom Waits lately and this song just feels like a nice late night listen over a whiskey.
I'm in!

 

Hello Sunshine
Bruce Springsteen - Hello Sunshine (Lyric Video)

and read about it...NPR

Bruce Springsteen Finds A New Sound By Looking To The Past
April 26, 201912:00 AM ET

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Bruce Springsteen Finds A New Sound By Looking To The Past

 

There's the agenda. Now we know where you're at.

 

Calling this a solo album, though he made it with many collaborators including his longtime producer Ron Aniello, original E Street Band keyboard player David Sancious, and the multi-instrumentalist and genius song-shaper Jon Brion, Springsteen is drawing connections between this new music and earlier inner journeys like Tunnel of Love and Working on a Dream. It's hard to know if "Hello Sunshine" reflects the dominant mood of Western Stars or will prove to be an outlier, but its contemplative tone seems like a natural extension of Springsteen's memoiristic Broadway show – and a good place for a man who's expert in confronting the blues to dwell. -NPR

 

Nice post. I detected a bit of a "With Every Wish" vibe (which is a song I always liked from "Human Touch")
He's toyed with this sound somewhat before. Here, it works quite nicely.
I like your line about this being music by adults, for adults. That's where I'm at in life right now as I approach 60; I need music that speaks to me and my generation.

 

Good catch...

NPR-
In the early 1970s, the singer-songwriter Danny O'Keefe had a "very mellow, beautiful friend," as he told Rolling Stone magazine, who'd lived too hard and was paying the consequences. Heart attacks and pain pills burdened the guy's life, and O'Keefe, himself rolling into his thirties, identified. O'Keefe told his friend's story in the ballad "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" – one of the loveliest, most soothing accounts of creeping oblivion popular music has produced. It was a hit for the Washington state-born singer-songwriter and remains a favorite for others to cover, from Elvis and Waylon Jennings to Dwight Yoakam.

"Hello Sunshine," the new song from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album Western Stars(to be released June 14) dwells within the same uneasy drift...


Bruce Springsteen Finds A New Sound By Looking To The Past

 

I believe it's actual people playing and not a keyboard or a computer program:

Hello Sunshine

℗ 2019 Bruce Springsteen

Released on: 2019-04-26

Drums: Matt Chamberlain
Steel Guitar: Marc Muller
Conductor: Rob Mathes
Other: Sandy Park
Violin: Lisa Kim
Violin: Hyunju Lee
Violin: Joanna Maurer
Violin: Sharon Yamada
Violin: Annaliesa Place
Violin: Suzanne Ornstein
Violin: Liz Lim
Violin: Jung Sun Yoo
Violin: Emily Popham
Viola: Robert Rinehart
Viola: Vivek Kamath
Viola: Desiree Elsevier
Cello: Alan Stepansky
Cello: Nathan Vickery
Engineer, Producer: Ron Aniello
Engineer: Rob Lebret
Engineer: Ross Petersen
Engineer: Toby Scott
Mixing Engineer: Tom Elmhirst
Assistant Engineer: Joe Visciano
Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig

 

I really like Midwestern Bruce. (Nebraska and BITUSA)

 

Absolutely. A great album start to finish. ****/5


Also, I have to add that "Wichita Lineman" is one of my all time favourite songs. Mark Knopfler has taken a crack at writing a Jimmy Webb influenced song or two and they're really nice. They're a homage, not a rip off. (The Knopfler song is called "Hard Shoulder" from 10 years ago and it's really lovely)
Sometimes to go forward, you've got to go back.

 

It's funny what time can do.
I clearly remember "outrage" among many back when "Nebraska" and "Tunnel Of Love" were first released.
Now they're both fan favourites.

 

Some "solo" album....

Seriously, does multiple engineers listed offer a clue that perhaps this song was pieced together from sessions spanning multiple years?

 

Huh, Marc Muller on pedal steel. Local musician I’ve played with a few times. Talented guy, good for him.

 

I predicted yesterday that this thread would likely be equal parts bitching and negativity and equal parts positive.
Seems like I was right.
Just like it is with U2.
Predictability is as easy on this forum at times as finding a Beatles thread.

 

I think a new John Fogerty due out this year as well

 

One more violin and we'll have it nailed!

 

Has Bruce ever done official colour vinyl? Especially for an album.

 

Where do you stand on Western Bruce? Bruce is nationwide.

 

Why look for things to complain about?

 

Basic track/drums/strings. If all were recorded separately there would be different engineers, and what difference does it make? All I know is that the track is beautiful and this is the first Springsteen release I've been excited about in a long time. Can't wait for the album.