Columbia Records celebrates Leonard Cohen’s 82nd birthday today with the announcement that his 14th studio album, YOU WANT IT DARKER, arrives in stores on October 21, 2016. The new collection of startling songs was produced by his son Adam Cohen and is available for pre-order now.
The first single and title track, which delves into an unflinching exploration of the religious mind, arrives everywhere today. Cohen created this hypnotic groove with the addition of Montreal’s Cantor Gideon Zelermyer and the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir, whose voices invoke a sound from Cohen’s youth.