Bruce Springsteen will open his vault in late June and debut 83 previously unreleased songs, in possible anticipation of a biopic about the rock legend, he announced Thursday.
“Tracks II: The Lost Albums” will comprise seven “full-length records” and be available June 27 through Sony Music, according to the E Street Band front man.
Of the 83 songs on these albums, 74 have never before been heard by the public, the artist said.
“‘The Lost Albums’ were full records, some of them even to the point of being mixed and not released,” Springsteen said in a statement. “I’ve played this music to myself and often close friends for years now. I’m glad you’ll get a chance to finally hear them. I hope you enjoy them.”
The music was written and recorded between 1983 and 2018 with a bulk of it in the 1990s, Springsteen said in a YouTube tease of the albums.
One of those tracks, "Rain in the River," was put out Thursday.
Springsteen released "Born in the U.S.A." in 1984, going 17-times platinum in his most commercially successful album.
His next albums were also popular, but nowhere close to "Born" levels of success. Springsteen said he chuckles over the popular belief he was somehow wandering aimlessly through the 1990s.
"I often read about myself in the '90s as having some 'lost' period or something," Springsteen said via YouTube on Thursday, using his fingers for ironic quote marks.
"Not really. Really, I was working the whole time."
The Boss said he put finishing touches on "LA Garage Sessions '83," "Streets of Philadelphia Sessions," "Somewhere North of Nashville," "Inyo," "Twilight Hours," "Perfect World" and "Faithless" during the pandemic.
The music release could coincide with the upcoming film “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” a biopic about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame icon starring “The Bear” actor Jeremy Allen White as The Boss.
No release date has been set, though it's expected to hit screens later this year or early next.
