Johnny Marr readies 'Call The Comet'

photo: Niall Lea

The Smiths’ guitar legend and NME Godlike Genius Award-winner, Johnny Marr, has announced a third solo album, Call The Comet to be released June 15. From the 12-track collection, he shares "The Tracers" today. Read his exclusive interview with Rolling Stone Magazine here.

Marr will play a handful of U.S. shows this spring. See below for dates.

STREAM "THE TRACERS"

PRE-ORDER CALL THE COMET & RECEIVE
"THE TRACERS" AS AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD

Marr tells us, "Call The Comet is my own magic realism. 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.”

Recorded with his band in Manchester at Marr’s Crazy Face Studios in Manchester, Call The Comet follows the critically acclaimed Top 10 albums The Messenger (2013) and Playland (2014). The album will be released on digital, CD and vinyl formats along with some special D2C bundle packages.

Track listing:

1. Rise
2. The Tracers
3. Hey Angel
4. Hi Hello
5. New Dominations
6. Day In Day Out
7. Walk Into The Sea
8. Bug
9. Actor Attractor
10. Spiral Cities
11. My Eternal
12. A Different Gun

Tour dates:

May 12 | Dublin, IE at Button Factory
May 14 | Leeds, UK at Brudenell Social Club
May 16 | London, UK at Islington Assembly Hall
May 18 | Stockholm, SE at Nalen
May 19 | Copenhagen, DK at DR Koncerthuset Studie 2
May 20 | Amsterdam, NL at Paradiso Noord
May 21 | Berlin, DE at Festsaal Kreuzberg
May 24 | Paris, FR at La Gaite Lyrique
May 30 | Toronto, ON at Velvet Underground
May 31 | New York, NY at Gramercy Theatre
June 2 | San Francisco, CA at August Hall
June 5 | Los Angeles, CA at Teragram Ballroom
June 7 | Seattle, WA at Neptune Theatre