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6 September 2024

JOHNNY MARR AND THE HEALERS was the short-lived band (2001-2004)
the iconic The Smith‘s guitar hero formed. They released only one album,
named Boomslang.

Original album cover

A deluxe reissue edition with 2CDs and on vinyl for the first time,
featuring no less than 9 previously unreleased tracks will see the
day of light on September 20th.

Pre-order info here.

Marr already gave us 2 previews, a remix of You Are Magic
and new, terrific psych jam All Out Attack.

Here’s taster #3. THE WAY THAT IT WAS is another previously unreleased tune.
An immediately sticking ballad. A pure pop pearl with a melancholic resonance and impassioned and affecting Marr vocals. No idea why this gripping reverie was hidden
for so long. On the other hand, my ears are tremendously delighted for this beauty
being out now. It wouldn’t have been out of place on The Verve‘s 1997 classic ‘Urban Hymns‘.

JM: Website