An Island rock legend is dropping a new album Friday.

Carly Simon, the five-time Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Vineyard resident, is releasing a 12-track album titled Comes in Waves on August 14.

The album is Ms. Simon’s first in 17 years, following up 2009’s Never Been Gone.

“Throughout the album, Simon revisits themes that have long defined her work, including love, memory, family, self-reckoning and forgiveness, while allowing space for contradiction, ambiguity, and emotional evolution,” Ms. Simon’s team said in a statement.

Recorded primarily on the Vineyard, Comes in Waves sees Ms. Simon collaborate musically and artistically with her two children, Ben Taylor and Sally Taylor. The album also features John Forté, an Islander, renowned musician and close friend of Ms. Simon who died earlier this year from complications of influenza.

“[Comes in Waves] is a reminder of an artist still fully engaged with her craft, still asking questions, and still finding new ways to articulate what it means to live, to love, and to let go,” Ms. Simon’s team wrote.

The album comes amid Ms. Simon’s ongoing battle with Parkinson’s disease, the news of which hit outlets all over the world in July.

“Parkinson’s is different for everyone, and it can be unpredictable,” Ms. Simon wrote in a statement. “Some days I’m so tired I can’t get the day moving at all. On others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work, and feel like myself.”

Ms. Simon was also recently treated for basal cell carcinoma on her face, which affected her appearance and made her hesitant to be seen in public.

“I have always been more critical of my appearance than anyone else could possibly imagine (check out the irony of having written “You’re So Vain.”), and this gave my inner critic quite a lot of new material,” she wrote.

Despite the obstacles, Ms. Simon remains committed to her art. Comes in Waves, she said, came to her at the perfect time, giving shape to her days and allowing her to reclaim her life.

She also remains committed to her loved ones who have held her up during a difficult time.

“These days I move more slowly, I lean on others more than I once did, and I have learned to accept that every day will look a little different,” she wrote. “But I am still very much here.”