Anyway here it is:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jan/27/joanna-newsom-81

Insanely fucking beautiful. It still has the sound of being as rich in ideas and delicate beauty as the best moments of Ys, but without just reproducing the same lush orchestral sound, but it sounds like a huge move on from the Milk-Eyed Mender stuff. And I love her voice more and more with each release.

Don't get all the hate for the cover: i suspect it's just a placeholder anyway, but there's very little to hate, it's so plain, and that might be a good thing after Ys.

Anyone any theories on the lyrics?

Incidentally, the press photo makes my heart go BOOM:
http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/joanna452.jpg