Bon Iver is back with its first new music in three years. The band this morning dropped two new songs with lyric videos. The first, "Hey Ma," is a glittering remembrance of childhood and a mother's love. "Tall time to call your ma," sings Justin Vernon over faded home videos of his family. "I was tokin' on dope / I hoped it all won't go in a minute / With the past that you know."

The second track, "U (Man Like)," is a piano-driven, gospel-inspired inspired ballad. Bruce Hornsby provides the piano tracks, with Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak, Moses Sumney and Elsa Jensen on backing vocals. The track also features the Brooklyn Youth Chorus with The National's Bryce Dessner.

"This project began with a single person," says Justin Vernon in a press release announcing the songs. "But throughout the last 11 years, the identity of Bon Iver has bloomed and can only be defined by the faces in the ever growing family we are."

The Current's Bon Iver Presale

Tickets for Bon Iver at the Xcel Energy Center on October 3 go on sale to the public on Friday, June 7 at 12 p.m. Sign up for Cross Currents to get access to a special presale on Thursday, June 6.

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