VAN MORRISONNEW DOUBLE-ALBUM ‘LATEST RECORD PROJECT: VOLUME 1’

(Van Morrison photo by Bradley Quinn.

TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 7TH – NOW AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE

Van Morrison will release ‘Latest Record Project: Volume 1’ on May 7th on Exile/BMG. His 42nd record and his most dynamic and contemporary album in years, ‘Latest Record Project: Volume 1’ is a 28-track delve into his ongoing love of blues, R&B, jazz and soul. However much you may love his classic albums, this new project proves that he’s living in the present, and remains an artist of integrity and distinction.  
 
“I’m getting away from the perceived same songs, same albums all the time,” says Morrison“This guy’s done 500 songs, maybe more, so hello? Why do you keep promoting the same ten? I’m trying to get out of the box.”
 
‘Latest Record Project: Volume 1’ is the result of our enforced period of isolation. Unable to tour, Morrison remained busy with constant songwriting, starting ideas on piano, guitar or saxophone. What emerged is a wealth of new material, which shimmers with a directness and vibrancy that comes from working with a rhythm section with whom he shares an immediate, spontaneous connection.
 
Van Morrison today launches the project by releasing the title track. Listen HERE. The king of Celtic soul’s one in a million, straight-to-the-heart baritone sits in the pocket of a warm organ hum, accompanied by sha-la-la doo wop backing vocal harmonies. Other highlights emerge at every juncture, from the saxophone-led R&B gem ‘Jealousy’ to the joyful, country-tinged ‘A Few Bars Early’ via the spirited Them-style garage rock of the self-explanatory ‘Stop Bitching, Do Something’.
 
While the album touches upon the romantic sentiment and late-night warmth that people love him for, the overriding theme is a straight-talking commentary on contemporary life. It’s a stance that informs ‘Dead Beat Saturday Night’ as it addresses lockdown life in matter-of-fact style: “No life, no gigs, no choice, no voice.” It also surfaces in the barroom rock’n’roll of ‘Where Have All The Rebels Gone’, which bemoans the lack of real independent thought, so often replaced in the modern age by mere posturing. And as for Morrison’s views on social media? They are summed up on ‘Why Are You On Facebook?’.
 
Two songs, ‘Love Should Come With A Warning’ and ‘Mistaken Identity’, feature lyrics that were written with the great Don BlackMorrison approached Black after hearing something in his 1969 pop ballad ‘On Days Like These’, as sung by Matt Monro for the soundtrack to ‘The Italian Job’, which reminded him of his own style. It led to Black writing ‘Mistaken Identity’, which, paradoxically, is the most autobiographical song on the album.
 
What ‘Latest Record Project: Volume 1’ most clearly demonstrates is this: if you want to really appreciate Van Morrison’s art listen to what he’s doing now, because he never stops. 
 
‘Latest Record Project: Volume 1’ will be released on double-CD, deluxe-CD, triple-vinyl and digital formats. It’s now available to pre-order here, with the song ‘Latest Record Project’ provided to fans as an instant download.
 
Visit www.vanmorrison.com for the latest updates and ticket details for live performances.

CD  Tracklist:
CD1Latest Record ProjectWhere Have All the Rebels Gone?Psychoanalysts’ BallNo Good Deed Goes UnpunishedTried to Do the Right ThingThe Long ConThank God for the BluesBig LieA Few Bars EarlyIt Hurts Me TooOnly a SongDiabolic PressureDeadbeat Saturday NightBlue Funk 
CD 2Double AgentDouble BindLove Should Come With A WarningBreaking The SpellUp County DownDuper’s DelightMy Time After a WhileHe’s Not the KingpinMistaken IdentityStop Bitching, Do SomethingWestern ManThey Own the MediaWhy Are You on Facebook?Jealousy 
 
VINYL Tracklist:
 
DISC 1
SIDE ALatest Record ProjectWhere Have All the Rebels Gone?Psychoanalysts’ BallNo Good Deed Goes UnpunishedTried to Do the Right ThingSIDE BThe Long ConThank God for the BluesBig LieA Few Bars Early 
DISC 2
SIDE CIt Hurts Me TooOnly a SongDiabolic PressureDeadbeat Saturday NightBlue FunkSIDE DDouble AgentDouble BindLove Should Come With A WarningBreaking The SpellUp County Down 
DISC 3
SIDE EDuper’s DelightMy Time After a WhileHe’s Not the KingpinMistaken IdentitySIDE FStop Bitching, Do SomethingWestern ManThey Own the MediaWhy Are You on Facebook?Jealousy

 
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