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Folk vagabond Devendra Banhart has shared more details about his new album, Mala, his first studio album since 2009's What Will We Be. The record will be out on March 12 through his new home label Nonesuch. That's the cover art, above, painted by Banhart himself.

Also above, listen to the new track "Für Hildegard von Bingen". Hildegard von Bingen was a Catholic saint who lived in the 12th century who was also a composer, writer, and theologist. In a press release, Banhart says of the song, "In my head there was this little movie, an alternative universe, I guess-- Hildegard is sequestered in her cloister, and one day she gets a VHS cassette and it's the prime era of the MTV VJ, and she just goes wild. 'That’s it for me,' she says. 'That's how I'm going to get my message across.' So she escapes the cloister…and becomes a VJ."

The album title, Mala, was inspired by Banhart's fiancée, Ana Kras, a Serbian artist. According to a press release, the word "mala" is an Eastern European term of endearment (like "sweetie pie"). The album was co-produced by Banhart and Noah Georgeson and recorded at Banhart's house in Los Angeles.

Mala:

01 Golden Girls

02 Daniel

03 Für Hildegard von Bingen

04 Never Seen Such Good Things

05 Mi Negrita

06 Your Fine Petting Duck

07 The Ballad of Keenan Milton

08 A Gain

09 Won't You Come Over?

10 Cristobal

11 Hatchet Wound

12 Mala

13 Won't You Come Home

14 Taurobolium