Bruce Springsteen Unveils ‘Adelita’ From Lost Album ‘Inyo’

Bruce Springsteen has previewed his upcoming collection Tracks II with a new song, the mariachi-assisted ‘Adelita’. A ode to Mexico’s “soldadera” freedom fighters, this one is taken from the lost album Inyo, which was recorded in the 1990s and was inspired by his motorcycle trips across the Southwest. Check it out below.

“There was constant border reporting in the Los Angeles Times, so it was a big part of your life,” Springsteen said in a press release. “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.”

Tracks II: The Lost Albums will be released on June 27. So far, the Boss has shared the title track from Faithless, the score to a movie that never got made; ‘Blind Spot’ from Streets of Philadelphia Sessions; and ‘Rain in the River’ from the compilation Perfect World; and ‘Repo Man’ from Somewhere North of Nashville.