Just last month, Bruce Springsteen confirmed the existence of at least part of Electric Nebraska. (This is after denying it existed in an interview earlier in the month.) What is Electric Nebraska? It’s the fabled full E Street Band version of Springsteen‘s legendary solo acoustic album Nebraska. Nobody is yet sure if these songs will make it to the third edition of the rarities collection Tracks, which is due out in the next few years.

Just in time for this announcement, New York indie rockers Imaginary People have released an electric cover of “State Trooper” ahead of their third album coming in September. “State Trooper’ is one of the deeper cuts on the album, though it has more cover versions than you’d think. In its original version, it’s just Springsteen and his guitar, with none of the overdubs present on some of the other songs.

Imaginary People begin with a new electric guitar riff and fast-paced drums. Lead singer Dylan Von Wagner sings Springsteen’s lyrics with a frenetic, vaguely post-punky tremor occasionally punctuated with yelps inspired by the original performance. More guitars come in before everything but the bass drops out for part of one of the verses. The various instruments slowly come back in to build to a guitar solo. Then there’s another break, this time with bass and guitar before another instrumental crescendo. Springsteen’s original doesn’t have an ending it just fades out, so the band use this final jam as their ending.

It’s very classically New York guitar rock, not something most of us think of when we hear Springsteen, especially acoustic Springsteen. And though Imaginary People couldn’t have known it when they recorded this cover, it’s excellent timing on their part now that it’s possible an E Street Band version of this song exists and could potentially be released in the future. Of course, it will sound nothing like this, but that’s one thing that makes this cover enjoyable.

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