Gnarls Barkley Announces Final Album Atlanta for March 6

Gnarls Barkley, the Grammy-winning duo of singer CeeLo Green and producer Danger Mouse, announced on Thursday their third and final album, Atlanta, set for release on March 6 through 10k Projects and Atlantic Records. The project marks the pair's first new music in 18 years and includes the lead single, Pictures, which debuted the same day and draws from Green's childhood memories in their hometown.

Pictures captures a reflective tone, with Green singing in his signature falsetto about gazing out the window of Atlanta's MARTA public transit system during aimless rides as a teenager. The track features a simple, hypnotic arrangement of organ and sparse drums, evoking the passage of time like a moving film. "Looks like motion pictures, staring out the window of the MARTA train, on an adventure, then back home again," Green croons in the chorus.

The song stems from Green's experiences in eighth grade, when he would skip school on Fridays. "I had a middle school principal who, every Friday, would tell me to go when I would get to school. Without fail," Green recounted. "I was in eighth grade and I would leave school and ride the train alone from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. The hook of...