Johnny Marr's 'Call The Comet’ - Mastered by Abbey Road's Frank Arkwright

Johnny Marr's 'Call The Comet’ - Mastered by Abbey Road's Frank Arkwright

14th June 2018
"Easily his best work as a solo artist" (Washington Post) - Call The Comet is Johnny Marr's third solo offering, merging an eclectic blend of his signature rock with a more left-field sonic experimentation. The combined result is a twelve-track masterpiece, that Marr has described as his form of magic realism, using conceptual dystopian imagery to reference the current political unrest in the world. Take a listen to snippets of the anthemic Call The Comet below.
 
 
Marr's knack for creating progressive hooks and cinematic soundscapes can be heard on tracks such as The Tracers, one of his personal favourites from the album. Constantly pushing sonic ground, Hi, Hello, takes a more delicate, warmer approach that oozes textbook Marr melancholy.

The release has already received critical acclaim: "Marr's best solo album is humane, melodic and authoritative...surely his time is now?" - The Guardian. "Johnny Marr dreams of a better tomorrow on his bold and inspiring third solo album" - (NME).

Mastered at Abbey Road by the award-winning Frank Arkwright, Johnny Marr explained to us how Frank plays a fundamental part in any release. "I always work with Frank on my records. Mastering the entire Smiths catalogue was a huge undertaking, but we have a way of working together and it turned out perfectly. Frank Arkwright is one of the elite top mastering guys in the world". - Johnny Marr.
 
 
Both Marr and Arkwright have sustained a long working relationship, from remastering The Smiths' entire catalogue to all of Marr's solo releases. "It's always good to see Johnny Marr and this is the third solo album I've mastered with him at Abbey Road. I first started working with him on The Healers' record and then remastered The Smiths' entire catalogue for the Complete box set, so we go back a long way. Some say this is his best solo album and it may well be. I'm hoping to see the live shows when he plays in the UK. They are always amazing". - Frank Arkwright. Marr will be hitting the road in support of his third solo album, starting in North American in September, and in the UK from November. Buy tickets here. Released on New Voodoo Records, listen to the album here.
 
 
 

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