Last week, Johnny Marr (the Smiths, Modest Mouse, the Cribs) announced the details of The Messenger, the iconic guitarist’s first-ever solo album. Today he shared the title track in the form of this black-and-white video, which finds Marr (naturally) channeling a Clash-meets-Cure vibe as he cruises through the woods, the dunes and the beach, only to give way to what we really clamor for: sweet close-ups of Marr strumming that guitar.

The Messenger is out February 26 on Sire/ADA.