It was Thursday afternoon, around 2 p.m., that the news spread: the Boss is back.
Flanked by its historic group, the E Street Band, moreover.
Last spring, in full confinement, Bruce Springsteen composed an entire album.
The disc was recorded in five days, under live conditions, which is a first for the author of
Born in the USA.
"
The track recalls the stripped Springsteen of Darkness on the Edge of Town
" explains Belkacem Bahlouli, editor of French
Rolling Stone
and author of
Bruce Springsteen Cover
(Editions du Layeur).
“
The organ is very present, the piano parts are splendid on this title in the form of an old man's reflection on his life.
"
The 71-year-old Springsteen has been one of the most popular American rockers since his emergence in the mid-1970s. His latest album,
Western Stars
, saw him adopt a sound quite close to country, with panoramic arrangements.
Letter To You
, with its rock and dry sound, marks a return to the fundamentals for the star.
“
To the emphasis of his last three albums, Springsteen substituted a clean and quite brutal sound.
The images of the clip in black and white, where we see him surrounded by his musicians, reinforce this feeling of familiarity
”adds Bahlouli.
Vocally, the singer, whose timbre no longer has the power of yesteryear, approaches a more nuanced register, befitting the melancholy of the song.
Something to augur for an interesting album.
“
The record was written this year but it also contains three songs from the 1970s that had never been recorded by Springsteen,
” concludes Belkacem Bahlouli, eager to discover the rest.