Call The Comet
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| Sep 2018
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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.
Recent airplay
My Eternal
Magnetized Toner — Nov 13, 2018
My Eternal
Totally A — Nov 09, 2018
Hi Hello, A Different Gun, My Eternal
regular school — Nov 05, 2018
Actor Attractor
Old Fart at Play — Oct 05, 2018
Charting
2018-09-30 — 2018-12-02
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 18 | 1 |
| Nov 11 | 2 |
| Oct 7 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | Rise | ||
| 2. | The Tracers | ||
| 3. | Hey Angel | ||
| 4. | Hi Hello | ||
| 5. | New Dominions | ||
| 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 |