Bruce Springsteen has released another song off his forthcoming compilation, Tracks II: The Lost Albums.
Containing seven never released albums, “Adelita,” an ode to Mexico’s female “soldaderas,” is off the Inyo disc.
He says, “‘Inyo’ was a record I wrote in California during long drives along the California aqueduct, up through Inyo County on my way to Yosemite or Death Valley. I was enjoying that kind of writing so much. [On The Ghost of Tom Joad tour] I would go home to the hotel room at night and continue to write in that style because I thought I was going to follow up The Ghost of Tom Joad with a similar record, but I didn’t. That’s where Inyo came from. It’s one of my favorites.”
While Inyo is primarily a solo album, Springsteen did turn to a handful of mariachi musicians to round out the sound. Several songs on the disc examine the Mexican diaspora, how border crossing between Mexico and the U.S. has affected generations and the cultural losses endured as a result.
Tracks II: The Lost Albums will be released on June 27th.