Ty Segall

Ty Segall rides back in with his 16th album, Possession, to be released May 30 via Drag City. Following 2024’s Three BellsPossession sees Ty on the hunt for new horizons, hitting the trail beneath the big skies of our frontier empire to take us on a high-octane narrative journey. A literary set of lyrics co-written by his longtime collaborator, filmmaker Matt Yoka, paint an abiding view of quintessentially American stories. All the while, there are invigorated new sounds around every bend – glittering rhythm arrangements feature more of Ty’s own piano woodshedding than ever, joined in battle by sweeping movements of strings and horns. Rife with singing guitar leads and banks of Ty’s vocal harmonies, Possession features some of Ty’s most inspired songs to date.

Tapping Yoka to write with him was one of the keys to this new music. As a non-musician, Yoka’s language sense is different from the one Ty’s amassed as a player of music. With the trust they’ve developed over the years — brainstorming the visual worlds of Goodbye BreadManipulatorEmotional Mugger, and music of Yoka’s Whirlybird documentary — they throw the conceptual ball back and forth to translate a general feeling or a vibe into wicked lyric imagery, each acting as writer and editor in the process. Be it de Toqueville, duBois, George H. Nash, Howard Zinn, Bob Dylan or Smile-era Beach Boys, Ty’s sharpened narrative approach and storytelling takes a page from everyone’s history.

Possession is Ty Segall’s own bizarre traversing of the American landscape, taking back alleys through complicated cityscapes and singing about the end of the rope while resisting defeat — suggesting an ecstatic new empire to build as he cruises the countryside. 

Past Shows


Apr
25
th
2025
Parkway Theater
Apr
25
th
2025
Parkway Theater

Ty Segall Solo Acoustic

with Mikal Cronin (Solo)
Nov
10
th
2022
Fine Line
Nov
10
th
2022
Fine Line

Ty Segall

(Solo Acoustic)
with Emmett Kelly
Jul
2
nd
2022
First Avenue
Jul
2
nd
2022
First Avenue

Ty Segall & Freedom Band

with Bill Nace
Sep
23
rd
2020
First Avenue
Sep
23
rd
2020
First Avenue
Oct
30
th
2018
Turf Club
Oct
30
th
2018
Turf Club

Ty Segall

with Paul Metzger
Apr
7
th
2018
Mainroom
Apr
7
th
2018
Mainroom

Ty Segall

with The Bed Band
Mar
9
th
2016
Mainroom
Mar
9
th
2016
Mainroom

Ty Segall

with FEELS and ROYAL BRAT
Sep
24
th
2014
Turf Club
Sep
24
th
2014
Turf Club

Ty Segall

with La Luz
May
8
th
2012
7th St Entry
May
8
th
2012
7th St Entry

Ty Segall

with White Fence and Trin Tran

More Shows

Aug
8
th
7th St Entry

Michael Seyer

Jul
12
th
Turf Club

Chris Knight

with Laurel Lewis
Jul
9
th
Turf Club

John Garcia

with Telekinetic Yeti
Jun
24
th
7th St Entry

Cloakroom