Joy

Ty Segall and Tim Presley lock into a psychedelic hive mind again for an exciting, wildly varied album made to be combed through and prodded.

In this week’s notable new releases: Hive Mind is a step forward for The Internet, while Devouring Radiant Light glimpses a more refined Skeletonwitch, and Ty Segall & White Fence mostly go folk on Joy.

Ty Segall and White Fences second collaborative album, 'Joy' shows both on auto-pilot with a load of halk-baked ideas

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There’s much to savour here, and plenty to pass on as well.

The unbridled rock & roll force that is Ty Segall met up for the first time with the warbly psychedelic wanderings of White Fence on 2012's Hair, a fine distillation of the pair's strengths.

The new collaboration from Ty Segall and Tim Presley is breezy and fun, but sadly filled with fewer exciting ideas than their previous joint project.

Psych-rockers Ty Segall and White Fence (aka Tim Presley) make a groovy return with Joy, the follow-up to their 2012 collaboration, Hair. This is the second 2018 release for each artist, both of whom have released separate projects this year:

Back in 2012 everyone’s favourite prolific Californians Ty Segall and Tim Presley (under the White Fence moniker) collaborated on

(Drag City)

Put the sleepy White Fence and the unrestrained Ty Segall together and you've got a pairing that's intriguingly unstable on joint album 'Joy'.

Ty Segall & White Fence go all out on a deranged concept record in our review of 'Joy' while definitely throwing accessibility to the wind.

From fuzz pedal anarchy to Beach Boys harmonies and a growling dog, the Californian indie pair serve up a frenetic selection of gleefully off-kilter tracks

Joy sounds more like a between-projects sort of toss-off rather than the solid record they could have made.