Johnny Marr Announces New Album, ‘Call the Comet,’ and Releases New Song
Johnny Marr’s new album Call the Comet is scheduled for release on June 15, and now you can listen to the first single, “The Tracers,” below. Call the Comet will be the former Smiths guitarist’s third solo album.
“I wouldn’t call it a concept record,” Marr explained to NME, “but it’s got a unifying theme going through it about the Earth welcoming a different intelligence from the cosmos to save us from our own plight. The title Call the Comet is sort of a conscious plea for a new way.”
“Call the Comet is my own magic realism,” Marr added. “It’s set in the not-too-distant future and is mostly concerned with the idea of an alternative society. The characters in the songs are searching for a new idealism, although there are some personal songs in there too. It’s something that people like me can relate to.”
Call the Comet Track List:
01. Rise
02. The Tracers
03. Hey Angel
04. Hi Hello
05. New Dominions
06. Day In Day Out
07. Walk Into the Sea
08. Bug
09. Actor Attractor
10. Spiral Cities
11. My Eternal
12. A Different Gun
Pre-order the album here!