Description
Ty Segall has made whole records that wrestle with realities fighting against some, pulling mightily to bring others into being. Of late, hes thrown up his hands and donned clown shoes, dancing merrily in the dual role of oppressed / oppressor. His hands arent any more or less dirty than anyone elses but amidst the thunder and the chaos of the ongoing storm, hes looking for the eye within.
The new self-titled record the next record after Emotional Mugger, Manipulator, Sleeper, Twins, Goodbye Bread, Melted, Lemons and the first self-titled album that started it up in the now-distant year of 2008 is a clean flow, a wash of transparency falling into a world that needs to see a few things through clearly, to their logical end. Its got some of the most lobe-blasting neckwork since the Ty Segall Bands Slaughterhouse (from way back in the long, hot summer of 2012) but it also features a steep flight of fluent acoustic settings, as Tys new songs range around in their search for freedom without exorcism, flying the dark colours high up the pole in an act of simple self-reclamation. The construction and destruction of his chosen realities has, until now, been a luxury Ty has rightfully reserved for himself, striping overdubs together to form the sound. For this new album he entered a studio backed by a full band Emmett Kelly, Mikal Cronin, Charles Moothart and Ben Boye to get a read on this so-called clarity. This leads to a new departure in group sound, as well as some of the most visceral and penetrating vocal passages yet heard from Ty Segall.
Freedom / Warm Hands puts the sweet back into suite; Orange Color Queen is a supreme moment of tenderness; Talkin a rootsinfused truth-attack; Papers looks behind the doors of Tys process; Break A Guitar is a brutal fun-fest pitched to the back of the house.
Ty Segall keeps you guessing, bracing your skin with a welcome astringency, seeking to stem the bleeding with chunks and splashes of guitar, tight beats, audio-verité toilet smashes, a Wurlitzer electric piano in a jam, blazing harmonies and lots of songs to sing.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.