Love Ty.......Manipulator is genius and his self titled album from earlier this year is in my top ten.
How do Manipulator and S/T vinyl sound? I've only heard what's available on Spotify and need to amend that soon.
New, double album, "Freedom's Goblin", due this Friday, 1/19/18! Fanny Dog 3:39 Rain 4:05 Every 1's a Winner 4:18 Despoiler of Cadaver 3:52 When Mommy Kills You 2:47 My Lady's on Fire 3:52 Alta 4:07 Meaning 3:06 Cry Cry Cry 3:12 Shoot You Up 3:20 You Say All the Nice Things 4:22 The Last Waltz 2:24 She 6:22 Prison 1:06 Talkin 3 2:02 The Main Pretender 2:59 I'm Free 2:42 5 Ft. Tall 4:33 And, Goodnight 12:02 Looks like a nice hodgepodge of styles he does well.
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New LP showed up a few days early and I can't wait to dig in later tonight! I haven't listened to the NPR stream in full, but every track seems really solid so far. Kind of a Manipulator 2 as far as the variety goes, but it seems like there's even MORE variety and that it's all pulled off well.
Ty rules and the new album is superb! I have my preorder in for it on release day. "Alta" alone is worth the purchase. Going to see him in a few months in Toronto too.
Love Ty, have a handful of his albums. Somewhere out on the web is a gonzo performance he did on local Chicago daytime TV that is not to be missed. I like the album he did jointly with White Fence. Also his Sleeper album reminds me at times of a John Lennon solo album in some of its more stripped down moments. Good stuff, new fans can dive in about anywhere.
Ty Seagall is fab. One of the few artists of his generation playing original neo-60s/70s music that totally "gets it":
What's great about the new album is that, although it's all over the map stylistically, it never comes off as mere pastiche. Segall sounds invested, musically and emotionally, in every song. From T Rex to James Chance, he means it.
That new album is fantastic , a confirmation once again that Ty is a unique and very very gifted songwriter . the production , those horns and now new funky feel arrangements in particular are great . i hope he can convey all that live cause everytime i see him , the band plays Motorhead style which gets boring quite fast
New record is fantastically varied and has great production, plus excellent mastering by John Golden. A real classic double album, check it out if you want new old-school rock that isn’t a copy and is written and performed with skill
Totally agreed on the production. The less heavy tracks in particular sound pristine with great instrument separation. The fuzzier tracks do seem a bit overly smoothed out (thick, blanket-like fuzz versus jagged, raw distortion), but it does make the transitions from soft to heavy less jarring.
I like ty, we all jack white is the last rock star though. Ty is the last to break through from garage punk scene to the frat part scene
if you like Hendrix or 70s rock starting going backwards would be best. If you like noisey garage, like mummies or Jay Reatard start from the beginning, like black Sabbath, start with FUZZ
That early singles comp on Goner records is mindblowing , classics after classics , reminds me of The Gories at their peak .
Yeah, that performance is great.. in fact it's well worth checking out any of the tour concerts on youtube - they played pretty much the whole album live. I don't get the (relative) dislike for Emotional Mugger in his fanbase, it's a great sick album.. almost like a Trump-era update of early Devo. He even put out a long-form promo video for the album that's pretty de-evolutionary too...
one of my personal favourites too for sure ….. i saw him twice on this tour in small clubs ….. i'm in the audience here …. a basement club called 'parts and labour' … it was so packed i could hardly see him, but it didn't matter the music was glorious …. big fat tube amps hitting you in the chest …. Ty Segall @ Parts + Labour Toronto August 15, 2010 this one is another personal favourite, from 'manipulator' Ty Segall - The Hand btw this album is fantastic on vinyl ! (hell, 'melted' sounds better on vinyl too) here's one more ….. the title track from 'goodbye bread' Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread (Official Video)
i think 'manipulator' sounds great on vinyl. i have it on cd as well. i even think 'lemons' and 'melted' sound better on vinyl and those are rather rough sounding recordings. the lacquer for 'manipulator' was cut at golden mastering, and pressed at RTI ! Ty Segall - Manipulator
