Johnny Marr - Call The CometRecorded with his band in Manchester at Marrs Crazy Face studios,Call The Cometis the third solo record from the Smiths guitarist and follows 2013s critically acclaimedThe Messengerand 2014sPlayland; both of which made the UK top 10. Call The Comet is set in the not too distant future says Marr, and is mostly concerned with the idea of an alternative society. Its my own magic realism. Songs includeActor Attractor, Walk Into The Sea, Bug, and recent

and the unseen – fleeting beauty

Available on cream coloured vinyl

who have typically lampooned its lack of traditional musical dramaturgy as a kind of "naivist" aestheticism & its emphasis on miracular playing as a sign of its instrumentalists' deficiency

These first-time standalone reissues

it delivers 12 songs that are more muscular

and The Dirty Boogie

‰۝ In addition to his vocals on all 50 songs

and Kraftwerk

pre-stoner rock tracks of Brown Acid: The First Trip

The band’s output since they formed at the height of the punk rock movement in Manchester in 1976 was prolific to say the least

stirring vocals

The album includes tracks produced by the legendary Andrew WeatherallåÊand Tchad Blake