“Remembering Now” is a brand new studio album from the legendary Van Morrison, due out June 13th listen to its debut single, “Down to Joy,” As he approaches his 80th birthday, this album finds Van in a reflective mood. There are numerous echoes back to old songs, places and familiar themes. Undoubtedly his best release in many, many years and I say that as a lifelong fan.
After albums focusing on skiffle, rock’n’roll covers and duet versions of his back catalogue, Morrison’s 47th album (!) saw his still staggering voice back on the deep stuff – a heroic re-engagement with the mystic, with the muse William Blake and what he calls on page 54 “transcending the mundane”. Side Two, remarkably, held perhaps his best run of music in over 35 years, meditative, transported extemporisations that stood comparison with his very finest work.
The Fat Angel Sings 