Bruce Springsteen Gets Political On New Album

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's new album has decidedly political overtones to it.  An unnamed insider describes the upcoming project as "very rock 'n' roll," and tells "The Hollywood Reporter" the rocker "gets into economic justice quite a bit." The source points out that Bruce isn't "just setting headlines to music," but that he wrote and recorded most of the material well before the launch of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  The insider adds that Springsteen "feels it's the angriest album he's ever made." Musically, the project is said to be more experimental in nature.  The source says the material includes "unexpected textures -- loops, electronic percussion," and that it draws from "an amazing sweep of influences and rhythms, from hip-hop to Irish folk rhythms."

No title or release date has been offered for the upcoming disc as yet.