Ty Segall
From the opening onslaught of “Go Home,” it’s easy to understand why Ty Segall’s eponymous debut was released on John Dwyer’s Castle Face Records. Much like Dwyer’s band Thee Oh Sees, Segall has a penchant for playing awesomely dirty and stripped-down garage rock trimmed with distorted pawn-shop guitars plugged into the prerequisite vintage Silvertone tube amp while crooning vocal takes recorded so lo-fi that they’re almost no-fi. Segall’s recordings play with a raw and primitive brilliance that allows him to birth tunes that somehow sound simultaneously timeless and new, much like the late great Jay Reatard. “Pretty Baby (You’re So Ugly)” bursts through the garage door with the kind of hyper-active rock ‘n’ roll temper tantrums associated with early Little Richard performances – Segall’s live one-man-band act has him strumming his guitar with reckless abandon while stomping on a kick drum and tambourine configuration. “Oh Mary” perfectly reflects this bare-bones approach; turn up the volume, close your eyes and you’re practically there in the crowd.
A clean flow; something real for a world that doesn't know what it's holding. Ty keeps us guessing while splashing our collective face with no shortage of astringent tunes of all colors.
Segall’s new album feels like a sampler of what he’s been up to in the last half-decade. It's an easy entry point into his imposing catalog, and a complete portrait of his many capabilities.
Ty Segall presents a case for the benefits of easing off the gas to fully take in the road ahead.
Nearly 20 albums in, the Californian rock’n’roll auteur keeps it simple – for once. Get the NME verdict on 'Ty Segall'
Anyone following the career of Ty Segall knows he likes to work fast and he's super-prolific, cranking out album after album of blown-out noise and scuzzy garage rock chunks.
Making all kinds of beautiful rackets, this might be just about the best album Ty Segall’s put his name to.
It's been just shy of a decade since Ty Segall released his first self-titled album, and here he is, at it again. Another year tends to mean...
Almost ten years since the release of his debut album, following 'Emotional Mugger' this is Ty Segall's latest self-titled record.
'Ty Segall' by Ty Segall, album review by Matthew Poole. The full-length comes out on January 27, via Drag City. Ty Segal, plays 1/27 in San Diego, CA.