I'm already feeling like 2012 is going to be one of those years. Along with the world (and America specifically) going nuts, we've got Sabbath and Beach Boys reunions, M83 at the Town Ballroom, Roger Waters bringing The Wall to Buffalo a second time, Radiohead on tour (no date yet announced in Toronto... but I'm on the look out), a gazillion new albums from too many good bands to name here, and now word that in addition to delivering the keynote address at SSWX, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be releasing a new album called Wrecking Ball on March 6th with a tour to follow... well, it doesn't get any better than that. It really doesn't. This country is going to have a severely wacky year courtesy of it being an election year (the wackiest election year EVER), and there will be horseshit aplenty clogging up the airwaves.... but there will be wisdom too, looking at the tracklist for the new album (via Pitchfork):
01 We Take Care of Our Own
02 Easy Money
03 Shackled and Down
04 Jack of All Trades
05 Death to My Hometown
06 This Depression
07 Wrecking Ball
08 You’ve Got It
09 Rocky Ground
10 Land of Hope and Dreams
11 We Are Alive
12 Swallowed Up (Bonus Track)
13 American Land (Bonus Track)
The word on the street that Wrecking Ball will be Springsteen's most angry and political record since Nebraska was dead on. But more than that, after listening to the first single "We Take Care Of Our Own," I'd say The Boss is also gonna try to save America's soul.
Damn, that's like a creed.... a new American creed if you will... at a time when America's soul is up for grabs...
Aaaanyway. Like I said, it's going to be one of those years, and Springsteen has that effect on me sometimes. No word on tourdates yet, but Buffalo is Springsteen country, so I'll be keeping an eye for that too. Stay tuned.
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