Carolina Chocolate Drops' new album, Leaving Eden, was released on CD and digitally on Nonesuch Records last month to critical acclaim, with the Observer calling the band "the most electrifying acoustic act around" and Rolling Stone giving the album four stars. Produced by Buddy Miller, Leaving Eden, with its original compositions, covers, and traditional songs, is now available on vinyl, starting today. The LP is pressed on 140-gram, audiophile-quality vinyl and includes a CD of the complete album. Nonesuch Store orders also include an instant download of the album at checkout.

The band and their new album were recently the subject of a feature article in the Wall Street Journal. The repertoire on Leaving Eden showcases "the inclusive, always-evolving musical range of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, who since 2005 have emerged as an American roots-music phenomenon," writes the Wall Street Journal's Barry Mazor.

"Exciting audiences as instrumentalists, singers, even as dancers, while digging further into the broad legacy of Southern music, particularly African-American Southern music," Mazor writes, "the group ... have defied genre classification by charging, fully prepared, into many fields."

Read what band member Dom Flemons and producer Buddy Miller have to say in the article at wsj.com.

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Carolina Chocolate Drops return to the road at the end of the month, bringing their tour to the West Coast, with performances in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. For details and ticket links, go to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

To pick up a copy of Leaving Eden, head to the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include the album as high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s at checkout; the album is also available to purchase there as MP3s and FLAC lossless files.