Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere pairs Jeremy Allen White with a tight, hard-hitting ensemble for twelve stark and deeply lived-in performances that channel the grit, solitude, and raw electricity that defined Springsteen’s Nebraska era.
The soundtrack to Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere puts Jeremy Allen White and the film’s cast behind the microphone for twelve freshly recorded versions of the songs that defined one of the most pivotal chapters in Bruce Springsteen’s life. It arrives on CD and a limited edition Asbury Gray double vinyl that feels tailor-made for fans who know exactly what those songs sound like in the dead of night.
The film traces Springsteen in 1982, young and rising fast, contending with the pressure of a career hitting full speed while his past kept tapping him on the shoulder. Nebraska became the record where he stopped running. A stark home recording that stripped everything to bone and breath, filled with drifters, brothers, sinners, and people clinging to whatever hope they could find. It remains one of his most enduring works, not because it was big, but because it was unguarded.
Producer Dave Cobb shapes the new soundtrack with that same intention. Known for bringing honesty to artists like Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, and Sturgill Simpson, Cobb keeps the performances raw and close to the skin. White leans into the unvarnished heart of these songs, and the cast joins him with support from Jake Kiszka and Sam F. Kiszka of Greta Van Fleet, who add a pulse of electricity just beneath the acoustic surface.
The final stretch of the album widens the frame even more. Barn burners “Lucille,” “Boom Boom,” and “I Put a Spell on You” close the soundtrack with a jolt of barroom swagger, recorded by a small ensemble featuring the Kiszka brothers, Jay Buchanan of Rival Sons, Aksel Coe, Bobby Emmett, and White on select tracks, capturing the spirit of the Stone Pony nights when Springsteen jumped onstage with Cats on a Smooth Surface during the Nebraska era.
This isn’t a re-creation of Nebraska. It’s a companion to the world Bruce was living in when he made it, a way of hearing those songs through the eyes of the characters in the film, and a reminder of the moment when Springsteen stepped off the stadium stage and into the quiet that changed everything.