Arcade Fire's Will Butler will release his debut solo album, Policy, on March 10 via Merge. A week in advance, listen to the whole album below, via Spotify.

According to a press release, "Policy is American music—in the tradition of the Violent Femmes, the Breeders, the Modern Lovers, Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, the Magnetic Fields, Ghostface Killah. And John Lennon (which counts)."

Read our interview with Butler.

The release of Policy follows a week's worth of songs inspired by Guardian headlines.