Johnny Marr + The Healers

JOHNNY MARR AND THE HEALERS – Hear Previously Unreleased Pop Pearl ‘THE WAY THAT IT WAS’ Here

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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‘.


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22 July 2024

Band: JOHNNY MARR And THE HEALERS
Who: Marr‘s own short-lived band (2001-2004)
who released one album, named Boomslang
in 2003.

Track: ALL OUT ATTACK

This September Boomslang will be re-issued featuring 9 previously
unreleased tracks including this guitar-layered, psychedelic jam.

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Band: FIDLAR
(Fuck It Dog, Life’s a Risk)

Track: DOWN OUT

From the LA punks’ 4th LP, their first in 5 years. It’s named
Surviving The Dream and will land on September 20.

Down Out is an instantly sticking, jangly and
non-stop speedy offshoot. Head-twisting stuff.

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Band: PALAYE ROYALE
Who: Las Vegas‘ rock stars

Track: ACHE IN MY HEART

Third cut from their upcoming 5th album,
named Death Or Glory, out on August 30.

Mid-tempo pop gem.

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Band: THE COURETTES
Who: Danish-Brazilian
duo based in Denmark.

Track: CALIFORNIA

The lead single from the glam and glitter pop tandem’s
upcoming longplayer The Soul Of… The Fabulous Courettes
out September 27.

Flavia Couri (voice): “I mean, I know some bands can do that but we don’t see
ourselves making the same album for the next 20 years. We thought ‘Back In Mono’
was our best album until this one!”

California is a pure summer pop kick. A fun, infectious,
organ-juiced tune with a 60s Shangri-Las vocality to make
your day.

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Artist: PERFUME GENIUS
Who: The musical moniker for Iowa‘s passionate
singer/songwriter Michael Alden Hadreas who scored
6 LPs so far.

Track: ALL AROUND ME NOW

One of the two songs PG wrote for the brand-new released soundtrack
for 2023 film National Anthem, about a 21-year-old construction worker
in New Mexico joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of
their own version of the American dream.

Playful piano musing.

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Poster This – JOHNNY MARR + THE HEALERS In 2003

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Great concert posters from the past

JOHNNY MARR + THE HEALERS
Los Angeles, CA
4 February 2003

Former The Smiths guitar/songwriter legend Johnny Marr only released one album
entitled Boomslang (2003) with this The Healers project and called it a day afterward.

The LP’s sparkling single ‘Down On The Corner’.

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‘Down On The Corner’ By JOHNNY MARR + THE HEALERS – 2003

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Top singles from the past…

25 April 2020

Band: Johnny Marr + The Healers 
With Ringo Starr”s son Starkey on drums and
Kula Shaker‘s Alonza Bevan on bass
Single: Down On The Corner
Released: 2003
Album: Boomslang – the band’s only album

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This is the official video, shot in 2003 in one take, by Eric Tu
at the Viper Room on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles…

And here a cool live version performed with
Crowded House frontman Neil Finn and friends – New Zealand 2001

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