![]() The Messenger is remarkable for both its late arrival (Marr is now 49 and it’s been over a quarter of a century since The Smiths split) and the fact that he’s still riding an endless spiral of invention after all these years. Yes, his singing is not quite up to his former vocal foils in Talking Heads, The Smiths and Modest Mouse et al but Christ, his guitar playing is still incendiary, delicate and un-showy. Possibly with a few expletives thrown in for good measure.Īny feelings of lingering self doubt are blasted away on this, Marr’s first solo album. He was met with a sharp reminder from his band mate Barney Sumner that he was Johnny Marr. Legend has it that when he was recording the first Electronic album Johnny Marr griped that he was sick of sounding like Johnny Marr.
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