Ty segall tour review2/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Much to my surprise, Ty Segall enters the stage in the same way as Shannon Lay, with nothing but an. They are currently touring in anticipation of the release of their newest album, Hello, Hi. ![]() “W.U.O.T.W.S.” is a cut-and-paste song that resembles a static-filled trip up and down the radio dial, while the slithering, funk-inspired “Squealer Two” is both celebratory and oily, a raconteur’s tale with a perverse wink. Ty Segall’s Freedom Band is made up of bass player Mikal Cronin, drummer Charles Moothart, guitar player Emmett Kelly, and of course, Ty Segall. The zoned-out “California Hills” recalls a sludgy Alice Cooper Group tune with just a touch more glitter “Diversion” begins with a roaring wall of fuzz and culminates with a gnarly guitar solo and on the corrugated highlight “Breakfast Eggs,” Segall growls, “Candy I want / Want your candy.” The stormy proto-punk snarl “Candy Sam” - which ends with what sounds like a sample of a gleeful, singing kindergarten class - is the flipside: The sweets are gone, which means the fun’s also gone. Sonically, Emotional Mugger lands somewhere between all of these records, maintaining the cohesion and (relatively) streamlined arrangements of Manipulator but nodding to the scuzzy ’70s hard rock of the latter two and Segall’s trademark haywire, lo-fi garage. The guitarist’s last proper solo LP, Manipulator, was a relatively straightforward amalgamation of frayed grime-glam and psych-garage, while last year brought his band Fuzz’s stoneriffic sophomore LP, II, and the T. It’s always a surprise which version of Ty Segall is going to show up on a given album, and what kind of narrative he’s going to push forth. In at least one case, this audio was paired with the visuals from the Michael Keaton/Nicole Kidman weeper My Life. I am itching to hear how I can fill the holes in your ego.” In addition, he and label Drag City sent out promo copies of the album recorded onto a VHS tape. He set up a number you could call (1-80, knock yourself out) containing an unsettling, heavy-breathing message straight out of a B-grade horror movie which began: “You’ve reached the emotional mugger hotline. True to his not-modern music, Ty Segall promoted his latest solo album, Emotional Mugger, with several old-fashioned industry techniques. ![]()
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