Former The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr has announced he will release his first studio album in four years.
The 62-year-old will release his fifth solo album, The Age Of Everything, on October 2. It follows 2022's Fever Dreams Pts 1 - 4 - while the record’s lead single Spin is out now.
Marr said: "This is the record that’s been the most cathartic. The title came to me early in the process and became an inescapable idea. It seemed to sum up the way I think a lot of people are feeling. It’s all-encompassing but it’s not necessarily a negative statement.
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"There’s a sense of overwhelm in the culture brought about by technology but, looking at it with a different light, there could also be a sense of possibility."
Marr plays the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin on 10 July.
Johnny Marr meets relatives and fans at plaque unveiling in Athy
The 10-track LP was written in London and recorded in Manchester, having been developed while Marr was touring North America, where many of his sets contained new and unheard music.
The album will be released on streaming, CD, black vinyl record and limited edition red vinyl record, with the official artist store also stocking an exclusive limited three Colour splatter vinyl record.
With The Smiths, who were completed by singer Morrissey, bass player Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce, Marr was one of the pioneers of British indie rock in the 1980s.
The band released four critically acclaimed studio albums - The Smiths (1984), Meat Is Murder (1985), The Queen Is Dead (1986), and Strangeways, Here We Come (1987), before breaking up in 1987.
They were best known for songs such as How Soon Is Now?, This Charming Man and Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now.
Marr launched his solo career with 2013 album The Messenger, with all of his solo albums charting in the UK top 10.
The guitarist collaborated with pop star Billie Eilish and composer Hans Zimmer in 2020 on the James Bond theme song No Time To Die, and Marr has also spent time as a member of bands including The The, The Cribs and Modest Mouse.
Source: Press Association
