Pitchfork announces Ty Segall to release new album, SLEEPER, previews album trailer
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“…Check out a trailer for the record below, which features Ty cheekily resting in various spots and a bit of music, presumably from the release…”
“…Check out a trailer for the record below, which features Ty cheekily resting in various spots and a bit of music, presumably from the release…”
“Ty Segall makes it difficult to imagine him ever resting, let alone sleeping. On August 20, however, the Bay Area garage rocker will release a new album titled Sleeper via Drag City…”
“…Per usual, the proceeds of the digital sales go to the Ariel Panero Memorial Fund. The 7” comes in a special edition “bronze and beer haze” vinyl…”
“San Francisco font of garage rock Ty Segall will be there, perhaps in an altogether new guise (he’ll have released three new albums by the time Pickathon weekend rolls around, no doubt)…”
“…Death By Audio has announced the Sunshine Reverberation effects pedal, which is inspired by Ty Segall…”
“Two years ago he celebrated the vinyl lovers’ holiday by sharing the Ty Rex EP, a six-song set of T. Rex covers done in the lo-fi jangly San Francisco style we’ve come to hold so dear…”
“Ty Segall and Ex-Cults played their second of two shows in NYC at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Saturday night (2/2), joined by Brooklyn wild childs K-Holes. Pictures from the show are in this post, including an on-stage collaboration between the touring partners. The pair also blessed Webster Hall on Friday with special guest Mac DeMarco (2/1, pictures)…”
“If Ty and his band weren’t such fierce performers, they may have been upstaged by the antics of Mac DeMarco and his band, whose onstage shenanigans (wacky voices, push-ups, covering Limp Bizkit) are becoming the stuff of legend.”
“I saw Ty Segall I was lifting him into a crowd of people so he could surf along to the sounds of the Jesus and Mary Chain, he had a grin on his face and a air of “fuck it, let’s have fun” around him. When combined with his prodigious talent and seemingly tireless work rate, it’s easy to see why many are championing the California native as the next big thing…”
“As showcased during their blowout set at the third anniversary celebration for local blog-slash-record label Nashville’s Dead in September, The Ty Segall Band has become a brawny powerhouse, seamlessly integrating material spanning their frontman’s prolific solo catalog…”
“‘I think I’m getting better at translating what I hear in my head to tape,’ Mikal Cronin says. “I’m really excited about that. This record comes from the same place as what I’ve done before, but it’s bigger, more filled-out.” Cronin, a fellow Laguna Beach, California native, longtime collaborator and bandmate to Ty Segall (their time together dates back to high school punk outfit Epsilons) is just days out of completing his sophomore solo full-length, an album he recorded over multiple sessions this past fall with Eric “King Riff” Bauer in San Francisco’s Chinatown and mixed at legendary Fantasy Studios in nearby Berkeley…”
“By selling out this hallowed ballroom, the good-natured USF grad officially crossed that line from popular local artist to major national touring act, and cemented his place among the most successful local bands of the last few years.”
“…The foursome never strayed from the fuzzy, fast-paced, assaultive garage rock for which they’re best known…”
“Reverse Shark Attack is the closest thing to re-living Segall’s journey without asking him ourselves. And it’s a most engaging tale…”
“Shut up and watch the gruesome new video for Twins’ track, ‘Thank God For Sinners,’ then look inward and thank hell for the shimmerin’ gift of Ty Segall.”
“2012 was a touchstone year for Ty Segall, who spent the past five years growing as a musician in the Bay Area, cranking out albums, singles and EPs, but still has time for side projects and constant touring…”
“The restless Ty Segall has formed a new band, Fuzz, with his guitarist Charlie Moothart, as SPIN reports… Amusingly, Segall and Mootheart attempted to keep their identities anonymous with the project.”
“Here, Ty sings but is on drums and like their name implies, this is the kind of thick and heavy rock that descended straight from Hendrix…”
“Lo-fi, garage rock, punk, noise– Ty Segall is not concerned with these distinctions. He just makes rock’n’roll albums that make sense to him…”
“Obviously, we love this guy…”
“…Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin spend the first 40 seconds of “I Bought My Eyes” harmonizing ethereally, singing what sounds like a traditional folk song over guitar tones that seem ready to give out any second…”
“Throughout the show, the crowd thoroughly enjoyed themselves—perching on top of benches, dancing on the narrow side shelving, indie moshing (not as fierce as a punk or metal pit), spraying drinks and stage diving/crowd surfing…”
Ty Segall’s prolific streak continues on January 22, this time with two reissues via In the Red. The first is the only LP by Segall’s surf band the Traditional Fools, which was originally released in 2008. The other is Reverse Shark Attack, his 2009 collaborative LP with his longtime collaborator (and fellow Ty Segall Band member) Mikal Cronin.
“[In 2013] I’m going to like, get my head wrapped around the next thing and take some time… I just want to focus on one thing and make it as best as I can. I’ve never really focused on just one thing for a year straight, so I’d like to do that.”
“It’s a monster album, with explosive guitars, thrashing beats and shredded blasts of insanely catchy hooks and turns. A lot of musicians would consider Twins the peak of their career. In the case of Ty Segall, it’s thrilling to know he’s just getting started.”
“The hooks are viral to the point of contagious, whether Segall is jingle-jangling through acoustic ballads or squalling along at interplanetary speed.”
“Rock’n’roll doesn’t tell you what to think and do, it makes you feel a certain way, so you do those things on your own,” says Segall.”
Ty Segall performs “You’re The Doctor” in his second-ever late-night appearance. “The performance included some serious headbanging, and Segall pressing his guitar against his amplifier for a little extra feedback. Letterman seemed amused by the display, saying afterward, ‘Remember kids, don’t neglect your studies.'”
Watch Ty Segall’s performance on The Conan Show last night, as well as hear the cover of Velvet Underground & Nico’s “Femme Fatale”, to be released in limited quantity on Castle Face Records on October 30th.
Watch Ty Segall perform “Thank God for the Sinners” on CONAN on Paste Magazine.