Homeland, Laurie Anderson's first studio album in ten years, is due out on Nonesuch on June 15 and is now available for pre-order at nonesuch.com. In a Nonesuch Store exclusive, the first 250 orders of Homeland include a limited-edition 12" vinyl single of the album track "Only an Expert," signed by Laurie Anderson, with the non-album track "Pictures and Things," featuring Antony Hegarty, on the flip side. The 12" was released in the UK for Record Store Day this past weekend and sold out there that day.

Visit the Nonesuch Store to pre-order a copy of the Homeland CD/DVD with the signed single now.

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As was announced last week in the Nonesuch Journal, Anderson has partnered with Indaba Music, the leading destination for online music creation, in a search for collaborators to remix "Only an Expert." Remixers can visit indabamusic.com/remixla to create their own version of the song, with fans and a jury of experts, including Anderson and Homeland co-producer Lou Reed, set to review the entries in late May. For further details, read the recent Nonesuch Journal article.

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While in London for performances of her latest project, Delusion, at the Barbican last week, and a Record Store Day signing, Anderson appeared on the BBC World Service program The Strand, which calls her "one of the great artistic experimenters." Anderson discuss both the new piece and the forthcoming album, the single "Only an Expert," and the inclusion of her male alter-ego Fenway Bergamot on the album track "Another Day in America."

Listen to the episode online now at bbc.co.uk, where Anderson's segment begins at about 18 minutes in.

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Fenway Bergamot, the aforementioned alter ego, also appears both on the album's cover (pictured here with the 12" sleeve) and on the accompanying DVD, in the documentary titled "Homeland: The Story of the Lark," by director Braden King. Bergamot, like most public figures these days, is currently accepting fans on Facebook.