"Detours," the latest album from singer/songwriter Sheryl Crow, will land in stores early next year.

Scheduled for release on Feb. 5, the forthcoming set features the new single "Shine Over Babylon," a bit of insight for which Crow provided via a message posted at her website.

"I don't believe anyone would argue that these are complicated and troubling times we are navigating through," she wrote. "At any given moment, I find myself in a real panic about the future of humanity. 'Shine Over Babylon' is in every way a desperate cry for understanding. Perhaps it is even a battle son in the face of fear."

A streaming sample of "Babylon," as well as the song's lyrics, are posted at Crow's website.

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