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TY SEGALL - Goodbye Bread LP
$45.95
Includes download code.
A slower burn than any Ty Segall record that came out before it, Goodbye Bread sees the young singer/songwriter inching further out of his comfort zone than ever before. The title track is as close to a ballad than anything he'd recorded before, and "California Commercial" seemingly self-consciously cuts itself short just as a jagged, s/t-record style guitar riff starts to take over. "You Make the Sun Fry" brings the record to a stoned, hard-edged vibe that may be rooted in Lennon and T. Rex but is Segall's own. Each successive track builds in intensity, reaching its apex with "Where Your Head Goes," which is the only thing here that reaches the frenzied, mind-melting heights of Melted. In a way this is the yin to that record's yang, a more sober affair than its predecessor but undoubtedly the work of the same artist, and just as full of earworms and striking sonic flourishes. For those for whom "Melted" and the singles were TOO fried, this is going to be a welcome change. For the rest of us who've anticipated everything Segall's done since we first heard him as a one-man band, this is the sound of one of our favorite artists maturing, expanding, growing - a milestone record for Ty and the current lo-fi scene.
A slower burn than any Ty Segall record that came out before it, Goodbye Bread sees the young singer/songwriter inching further out of his comfort zone than ever before. The title track is as close to a ballad than anything he'd recorded before, and "California Commercial" seemingly self-consciously cuts itself short just as a jagged, s/t-record style guitar riff starts to take over. "You Make the Sun Fry" brings the record to a stoned, hard-edged vibe that may be rooted in Lennon and T. Rex but is Segall's own. Each successive track builds in intensity, reaching its apex with "Where Your Head Goes," which is the only thing here that reaches the frenzied, mind-melting heights of Melted. In a way this is the yin to that record's yang, a more sober affair than its predecessor but undoubtedly the work of the same artist, and just as full of earworms and striking sonic flourishes. For those for whom "Melted" and the singles were TOO fried, this is going to be a welcome change. For the rest of us who've anticipated everything Segall's done since we first heard him as a one-man band, this is the sound of one of our favorite artists maturing, expanding, growing - a milestone record for Ty and the current lo-fi scene.
