American singer & songwriter, Anaïs Mitchell has released her new song “Bright Star,” also announced Self-Titled Album. Listen to the full song below.

The self-titled album will be released on January 28 through BMG, features contributions from her Bonny Light Horseman bandmate Josh Kaufman and The National’s Aaron Dessner, among others. Pre-save the full album by clicking here.

“During the first pandemic summer, I was staying on the family farm where I grew up, in a little house that belonged to my grandparents when they were alive. I could see the stars for the first time in a long time,” she said of the track in a statement.

“I wasn’t travelling anywhere, or even doing much of anything, for the first time in a long time. ‘Bright Star’ is about looking back on years of restless pursuit and making peace with the source of that longing: the Muse, the Great Unknown, the One That Got Away – those things that motivate us that we never can touch.”

Anaïs Mitchell’s self-titled album tracklist:

1. ‘Brooklyn Bridge’
2. ‘Bright Star’
3. ‘Revenant’
4. ‘On Your Way (Felix Song)’
5. ‘Real World’
6. ‘Backroads’
7. ‘Little Big Girl’
8. ‘Now You Know’
9. ‘The Words’
10. ‘Watershed’

Anaïs Mitchell Details New Self-Titled Album, Share New Song, “Bright Star”