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BORN IN THE USA, THE SEQUEL? Landau was more forthcoming in a Wednesday interview with Rolling Stone, describing Wrecking Ball as an ambitious "big-picture piece of work. It's a rock record that combines elements of both Bruce's classic sound and his Seeger Sessions experience, with new textures and styles… It was an experimental effort with a new producer. Bruce and Ron used a wide variety of players to create something that both rocks and is very fresh… [The record has] social overtones and a very pronounced spiritual dimension. It extends and deepens the vision that has animated all of Bruce's work." Members of the E Street Band play on the album, along with a variety of outside musicians, including Tom Morello and former Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain, who has often recorded on Aniello's projects. Music was played for Sony recently, according to The Hollywood Reporter, whose source described the songs as having "unexpected textures—loops, electronic percussion... influences and rhythms from hip-hop to Irish folk rhythms. [Bruce] gets into economic justice quite a bit. He feels it's the angriest album he's ever made." (1/19a)