Ben Folds Five is back with their first album since 1999’s Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner.

Hyperbolically entitled The Sound of the Life of the Mind, the album was crowdfunded through PledgeMusic, which offered fans exclusives up to and including having their name on the album.

According to Spin, the album includes tracks titled “Erase Me,” “Michael Praytor, Five Years Later,” “Sky High,” “The Sound of the Life of the Mind,” “On Being Frank,” “Draw a Crowd,” “Do It Anyway,” “Hold That Thought,” “Away When You Were Here,” and “Thank You For Breaking My Heart.”

The Sound of the Life of the Mind will be released September 18 via ImaVeePee Records/Sony Music. Catch the band on their reunion tour, and download a free track from the album below.

Ben Folds Five:
September 13 – Holyoke, MA @ Mountain Park Amphitheatre
September 14 – New York, NY@ Central Park Rumsey Playground
September 16 – Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre
September 18 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
September 19 – North Charleston, SC @ North Charleston Performing Arts Center
September 21 – Pensacola Beach, FL @ DeLuna Fest
September 23 – Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
September 24 – Austin, TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheatre
September 25 – Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
September 28 – Kansas City, MO @ Starlight
October 2 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
October 5 – Buffalo, NY @ Kleinhas
November 10 – Melbourne, Australia @ Harvest Festival – Werribee Park
November 17 – Sydney, Australia @ Harvest Festival – Parramatta Park
November 18 – Brisbane, Australia @ Harvest Festival – Botanic Gardens
November 23 – Bristol, England @ O2 Academy
November 24 – Nottingham, England @ Rock City
November 26 – Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
November 29 – Manchester, England @ O2 Apollo
November 30 – Glasgow, Scotland @ O2 Academy
December 1 – Leeds, England @ O2 Academy
December 3 – Birmingham, England @ O2 Academy
December 4 – London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
December 5 – London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton