We have paraded a plethora of pixels over the years on the otherworldly-talented Joanna Newsom, but it’s been entirely too long since we last had reason to sing her praises.  After five years, Newson has announced she will finally loose her next album Divers on October 23rd on Drag City.

As its clarion call, Newsom has today released a new video, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice in which she acted) for new track Sapokanikan. Sapokonikan (‘land where the tobacco grows’) was the name given by the native American Lenape tribe for the settlement that would later become part of Greenwich Village, and was essentially a docking point for many traveling native American tribes.

As usual Newsom is joined on the album by Ryan Francesconi, but with the added assistance of the talented Nico Muhly and the Dirty Projectors’ Dave Longstreth.  And Steve Albini and Noah Georgeson recorded the album.  We can’t wait.

You can pre-order Divers HERE and HERE.  The tracklist is at bottom.

Divers tracklisting:

01. Anecdotes
02. Sapokanikan
03. Leaving the City
04. Goose Eggs
05. Waltz of the 101st Lightborne
06. The Things I Say
07. Divers
08. Same Old Man
09. You Will Not Take My Heart Alive
10. A Pin-Light Bent
11. Time, As A Symptom