Van Morrison announces new album Remembering Now

Van Morrison has announced a new album, Remembering Now, set for release on June 13.

The album’s launch is accompanied by the single ‘Down To Joy’, which receives its first official release after featuring in Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar & BAFTA winning film Belfast.

"With Remembering Now, Van Morrison returns to the transcendent, uncategorisable rhapsodies that make him unique," a statement said . "Soul, jazz, blues, folk, country - this is music in conversation with all of them but limited by none.

"It’s rich with hallmarks of classic Van Morrison, from dominant themes of love in spirit with the great ‘Someone Like You’ (the escapist romance of ‘Once In A Lifetime Feelings’, the self-deprecating candour of ‘The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours’) to specific references to locations from his youth in the title track and ‘Stomping Ground’. The title of another song, ‘When the Rains Came’, echoes a lyric from his classic ‘Brown Eyed Girl’."

News of the record arrives days after Van Morrison was revealed as the special guest for Neil Young's Malahide Castle gig this summer. The legendary Belfast musician has also scheduled a number of headline shows in his hometown throughout April and June.

His forty sixth studio album, Remembering Now, is available to pre-order here.

See the LP's official tracklisting below:

1. 'Down To Joy'
2. 'If It Wasn’t For Ray'
3. 'Haven’t Lost My Sense Of Wonder'
4. 'Love, Lover and Beloved'
5. 'Cutting Corners'
6. 'Back To Writing Love Songs'
7. 'The Only Love I Ever Need Is Yours'
8. 'Once In A Lifetime Feelings'
9. 'Stomping Ground'
10. 'Memories And Visions'
11. 'When The Rains Came'
12. 'Colourblind'
13. 'Remembering Now'
14. 'Stretching Out'