Song of the Day 4/7: Nathalie Merchant, “Tower of Babel”

With apologies to El Somnambulo, who’s in charge of new music here, Natalie Merchant is releasing a new album, “Keep Your Courage,” next week, her first in nine years. The normally publicity-shy singer even sat for an interview with the New Yorker to mark the occasion. This song, a comment on the state of the country, is one of the two released as a preview.