![News Added Mar 23, 2014 Nonesuch Records announced today that Natalie's sixth studio album will be available May 6th, 2014. This self-titled and self-produced collection of songs is her first offering of completely original material in 13 years. It follows her double album anthology of 19th and 20th century poetry adapted to music Leave Your […]](https://hasitleaked.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/imageedit_2_6641463018.jpg "Natalie Merchant : Natalie Merchant")
Nonesuch Records announced today that Natalie's sixth studio album will be available May 6th, 2014. This self-titled and self-produced collection of songs is her first offering of completely original material in 13 years. It follows her double album anthology of 19th and 20th century poetry adapted to music Leave Your Sleep (2010) and The House Carpenter's Daughter (2003), an independently released selection of folk music. For this recording project, Natalie has returned to her core band of musicians augmented by strings, brass and woodwinds to create sparse to lush arrangements. The album represents over a decade of songwriting that she describes as, "taking the measure of lives lived by surveying the damage: love gained and lost, regret, denial, surrender, greed, destructiveness, defeat, and occasional triumph.”
Natalie Merchant is available for pre-order at nonesuch.com. Spring and summer tour dates will be announced soon.
Can’t wait for this one.
Really wish this one would leak already. It comes out next week.
Really. I don’t know what the deal is. Might be because not many people know it’s coming out. Or it could just be that it was pushed back. Hope not, though.
The entire album is streaming now on the New York Times website.
Thanks, John. I’ve listen to it, and I just have to say, it’s some of her best work in years, although I knew it would never live up to Tigerlily. It’s good, though. Hope she stays making music.