Johnny Marr “Fever Dreams Pts 1-4” 2022. Limited edition white vinyl, double LP. Johnny Marr’s fourth solo album, released just a few days ago, is brilliant! We got a great sneak peek with the EP Fever Dreams Pt. 1 that he released in Fall ’21; all four songs from that EP make up Side A of Pts 1-4 including a couple that are some of my top picks: the single “Spirt Power & Soul” and “Ariel,” a very Smith-ish track. I’m just now on my first listen of Parts 2-4 and with the sheer volume of sounds, textures and number of songs I have a lot more listens in my future. But for now I’m smitten with “Lightening People,” which is dark and gothy with shimmering bright overlays of melody; the hard-driving glam-strutting “Sensory Street;” “Counter-Clock World” with its psychedelic guitar riff and anthemic chorus, the funk-tronic “Ghoster” and the swirl of “The Whirl.” The last track, “Human,” is sad but not Smiths-miserable, more sweetly and emotionally expansive, simply lovely.