Marr, Johnny / Call The Comet
| Album: | Call The Comet | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Marr, Johnny | Added: | Sep 2018 | |
| Label: | Warner Bros. Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2018-09-30 | Pull Date: | 2018-12-02 |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 18 | Nov 11 | Oct 7 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 13, 2018: | Magnetized Toner
My Eternal |
3. | Nov 05, 2018: | regular school
Hi Hello, A Different Gun, My Eternal |
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| 2. | Nov 09, 2018: | Totally A
My Eternal |
4. | Oct 05, 2018: | Old Fart at Play
Actor Attractor |
Album Review
DJ Stace
Reviewed 2018-09-26
Reviewed 2018-09-26
Call the Comet / Marr, Johnny Label: Warner Bros
Reviewed: 9/26/2018
Reviewed by: DJ Stace
Alumnus of The Smiths, Pretenders, TheThe, Modest Mouse and more delivers a solo album that sounds (surprise surprise!) like a solo album from the guitarist from The Smiths, Pretenders, TheThe and Modest Mouse. Unremarkable, over-produced and drives home the fact that Johnny Marr is a great session guitarist/sideman, but works better with others in the driver's seat. Full of great CNN soundbed.
FCCs: None detected
RIYL: The Smiths, Pretenders, The The, The Church
Play: 11, 12
1. "Rise" 5:04 - Up tempo, anthemic, sounds a bit on the Sisters of Mercy side.
2. "The Tracers" 4:35 - uptempo, driving rhythm with Love & Rockets-style "woo-woo" throughout.
3. "Hey Angel" 5:37 - mid-tempo, but with a hard beat. Soaring generic lead guitar work.
4. "Hi Hello" 4:23 - Mid-tempo, over-produced, jangle-guitar, Smiths-style tune. You can almost hear Morrisey baritone singing it. Smith's fans might dig this one, so do a double-shot with something good.
5. "New Dominions" 4:24 - Channel shifting electro-beat at the beginning gives way to Kraut-ish snoozer.
6. "Day In Day Out" 4:43 - Another mid-tempo acoustic guitar jangle pop tune. Sounds vaguely like The Church.
7. "Walk Into the Sea" 6:02 - Starts off with some echo heavy piano, leading to strings, leading to repetitive solo guitar riff, leading to muted highhat, leading to breathy, smokey vocals. Finally kicks in all shoe-gazey at about 2:20. Epic-ish.
8. "Bug" 4:40 - Mid-tempo Echo & the Bunnymenesque yawner. Maybe about pandemics?
9. "Actor Attractor" 5:37 - Mid-tempo fuzzy, krauty, breathy. You want it to kick in, but it just plods on the same way for 5:36
10. "Spiral Cities" 4:08 - Mid-tempo Psychedelic Furs-ish melody. More breathy adolescent lyrics.
11. **"My Eternal" 3:17 - up-tempo candidate for the "Breakfast Club" remake. Very 80's. some will like it for that.
12. **"A Different Gun" 5:26 - Starts all light and airy, quickly giving way to a mid-tempo Smiths-style closer.
Reviewed: 9/26/2018
Reviewed by: DJ Stace
Alumnus of The Smiths, Pretenders, TheThe, Modest Mouse and more delivers a solo album that sounds (surprise surprise!) like a solo album from the guitarist from The Smiths, Pretenders, TheThe and Modest Mouse. Unremarkable, over-produced and drives home the fact that Johnny Marr is a great session guitarist/sideman, but works better with others in the driver's seat. Full of great CNN soundbed.
FCCs: None detected
RIYL: The Smiths, Pretenders, The The, The Church
Play: 11, 12
1. "Rise" 5:04 - Up tempo, anthemic, sounds a bit on the Sisters of Mercy side.
2. "The Tracers" 4:35 - uptempo, driving rhythm with Love & Rockets-style "woo-woo" throughout.
3. "Hey Angel" 5:37 - mid-tempo, but with a hard beat. Soaring generic lead guitar work.
4. "Hi Hello" 4:23 - Mid-tempo, over-produced, jangle-guitar, Smiths-style tune. You can almost hear Morrisey baritone singing it. Smith's fans might dig this one, so do a double-shot with something good.
5. "New Dominions" 4:24 - Channel shifting electro-beat at the beginning gives way to Kraut-ish snoozer.
6. "Day In Day Out" 4:43 - Another mid-tempo acoustic guitar jangle pop tune. Sounds vaguely like The Church.
7. "Walk Into the Sea" 6:02 - Starts off with some echo heavy piano, leading to strings, leading to repetitive solo guitar riff, leading to muted highhat, leading to breathy, smokey vocals. Finally kicks in all shoe-gazey at about 2:20. Epic-ish.
8. "Bug" 4:40 - Mid-tempo Echo & the Bunnymenesque yawner. Maybe about pandemics?
9. "Actor Attractor" 5:37 - Mid-tempo fuzzy, krauty, breathy. You want it to kick in, but it just plods on the same way for 5:36
10. "Spiral Cities" 4:08 - Mid-tempo Psychedelic Furs-ish melody. More breathy adolescent lyrics.
11. **"My Eternal" 3:17 - up-tempo candidate for the "Breakfast Club" remake. Very 80's. some will like it for that.
12. **"A Different Gun" 5:26 - Starts all light and airy, quickly giving way to a mid-tempo Smiths-style closer.
Track Listing
| 1. | Rise | 7. | Walk Into The Sea | |||
| 2. | The Tracers | 8. | Bug | |||
| 3. | Hey Angel | 9. | Actor Attractor | |||
| 4. | Hi Hello | 10. | Spiral Cities | |||
| 5. | New Dominions | 11. | My Eternal | |||
| 6. | Day In Day Out | 12. | A Different Gun |