Dark Matter, Randy Newman's first album of new material in nine years, is now available on vinyl, following its release on CD and digitally earlier this month. The record is the follow-up to 2008's acclaimed Harps and Angels. Dark Matter was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by long-time Newman collaborators Mitchell Froom, Lenny Waronker, and David Boucher. The album's nine songs include songs about the Kennedy brothers, Sonny Boy Williamson, Vladimir Putin, science vs. religion, love and loss, and more.

To pick up a copy of Dark Matter, head to your local music shop, iTunes, Amazon, and the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout. It can also be heard on Spotify and Apple Music. You can watch the videos for the album tracks "Putin" and "Sonny Boy" below.

Randy Newman "remains first and foremost a craftsman of song, capable of telling ordinary stories in ways no one quite has before," says NPR. Newman is "still at the top of his game on his first studio album of all-new material in nine years," says the Associated Press. He "just gets better," says ABC News. "Dark Matter is the work of a master craftsman ... frankly brilliant." Q gives it four stars and concludes: "There's still nobody like Randy Newman." Paste says: Dark Matter "demonstrates that the man who pioneered the untrustworthy-narrator approach to post-Beatles songwriting still does it better than anyone."

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