Listen: Johnny Marr — “It's Time”

With an unmistakable guitar tone that instantly evokes the sound of his former band, The Smiths, “It’s Time” is the third track Johnny Marr has shared from The Age of Everything, his fifth solo album.

'It's Time' is my way of singing about some worldly issues but finding defiance, in idealism. I wanted a lyric that matched the exuberance of the music but is actually about resisting cynicism and corruption: “Everybody ain't making it, change the weather and breaking it. Mobilise to know the truth. Open eyes to know the truth.” I guess it's about the assholes with dodgy views.

The album

The Age of Everything is the British artist’s fifth solo studio album, set for release on October 2, 2026, by BMG. The album features 10 previously unreleased tracks.

1. Spin
2. Beyond the Rain
3. It's Time
4. How Come
5. Ophelia
6. That Feeling
7. In and Out of Love
8. Just Once More
9. Fire with Fire
10. All in a Life

Before releasing “It's Time,” Marr shared the tracks ‘Spin’ and “Ophelia.”