Ty Segall - Sleeper - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2017 from the prolific singer/songwriter. Ty Segall has made whole records that wrestle with realities fighting against some, pulling mightily to bring others into being. Of late, he s thrown up his hands and donned clown shoes, dancing merrily in the dual role of oppressed/oppressor! His hands aren't any more or less dirty than anyone else's but amidst the thunder and the chaos of the ongoing storm, he's looking for the eye within. This self-titled record 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. It's got some of the most lobe-blasting neckwork since the Ty Segall Band's Slaughterhouse (from way back in the long, hot summer of 2012), but it also features a steep flight of fluent acoustic settings, as Ty s new songs range around in their search for freedom without exorcism, flying the dark colors high up the pole in an act of simple self-reclamation. All he wants is some truth! 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 but 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. Album Tracks 1. Break a Guitar 3 38 2. Freedom 2 07 3. Warm Hands (Freedom Returned) 10 21 4. Talkin' 3 51 5. The Only One 3 54 6. Thank You Mr. K 2 52 7. Orange Color Queen 3 04 8. Papers 3 00 9. Take Care (To Comb Your Hair) 3 07

Deforming Lobes captures The Freedom Band in fiery flight, igniting a handful of songs from Ty Segall's catalog live at LA's Teragram Ballroom. The band explores everything with unrestrained curiosity and zeal, never losing their collective bond with the audience. For the album, analog recordings supervised by Steve Albini present the band somehow even more brutally front and center, redefining the physical experience of seeing the concert in person. Deforming Lobes is the first wholly original statement from The Freedom Band and bookends the Goblin experience with an exclamation point! Album Tracks 1. Warm Hands 2. Squealer 3. Breakfast Eggs 4. The Crawler 5. Finger 6. They Told Me Too 7. Cherry Red 8. Love Fuzz

For his first new album in forever ('well, two years!), Ty glides smoothly into a new wild area via a synthtasm of production overhaul, rebooting guitar and keyboard tones 'n zones. A seething, yet emotionally austere statement, Harmonizer slices through psychic cloud cover, enrapturing the ear with groove moves for the body, mind and soul. Album Tracks 1. Learning 2. Whisper 3. Erased 4. Harmonizer 5. Pictures 6. Ride 7. Waxman 8. Play 9. Feel Good 10. Changing Contours