Keaton Henson announces album of reimagined songs, Versions

The eleven-track album features re-recorded versions of songs from across Henson's catalogue. The final songs were chosen based on a request sent out to Henson's fans asking which songs they would want him to revisit in his older, more experienced voice, leading him to invite collaborators across folk music, rock, classical and orchestral music to polish new versions of older songs. Alongside the announcement, Henson shares new versions of "Prayer" from Henson's 2020 album Monument, and "Comfortable Love" from his 2016 album Kindly Now. "When talking to Erik at the Stockholm Session Orchestra about which tracks to work on with them, this one pretty much came up instantly," Henson says of "Prayer". "Obviously the original has a heavy leaning towards an orchestral sound at the end, but is mostly very stripped back before that. I was interested to see what happened if we elevated it with a grander sound throughout. I think the result is really interesting and felt a bit like borrowing someone else's hands to lift up the words that I felt not strong enough to carry when I first wrote them." Discussing "Comfortable Love", he adds: "This was one of those songs I never felt I got right wh...