Ty Segall

Rolling out of the mist and dust and silence of time, Ty Segall is behind the wheel of a sleek new ride, a confetti of pages torn from his ongoing saga blizzarding into the air behind him. With Harmonizer, his first album in two years, Ty glides smoothly into unexpected territory, right where he likes to find himself!

Responding to the challenge his new songs gave him: a synthtastic production redesign, Ty kicks back with bottom-heavy creativity, dialing up a wealth of guitar and keyboard settings to do the deed. Harmonizer is a glossy, barely-precedented sound for him, and truth, it enraptures the ear — but in Ty’s hands, the sound is also a tool that allows him to cut through dense undergrowth, making for some of his cleanest songs and starkest ideas to date.

Harmonizer’s production model couches tightly-controlled beats in thick keyboard textures, with direct-input guitar signal whining and buzzing purposefully from left to right. The Freedom Band appear all over the record, but often one at a time, their contributions leaving a distinctive footprint on the proceedings wherever they appear. Operating in this airtight environment with an eye towards precision, feel, and explosive mass, Ty’s crafted a formidable listening encounter — and once you get between the lines, the need to know more grows more compelling with every song.

The thing about closed doors is they need opening again, no matter what happens. You open them and then you can pass through them. And there’s light on the other side. That’s what this album is about.

The first recording to be released from Ty’s just-completed Harmonizer Studios, Harmonizer benefits from a collaboration with Cooper Crain, who co-produced the album with Ty. The Venn diagram of these guys unites them in DIY/punk dyed-in-the-wooldom; Ty’s propers you know, but Cooper’s own unique journey in rhythm, minimalism, and DIY (as heard on his productions with CAVE, Bitchin Bajas, and Jackie Lynn) mines the depths around Ty’s peerless vocal attack and aid in the latest chapter of his never-ending search for unfathomably corrosive guitar sounds. Spoiler alert: they found some more!

Bursting with transcendent energy, Harmonizer is an extension of the classic style of Emotional Mugger and Sleeper, revisiting the lonely days and loathsome nights of the alienated, grown-up-wrong soul, to make it all right in the end.

Past Shows


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

May
12
th
7th St Entry

Garcia Peoples

with P.G. Six
Jun
6
th
7th St Entry

The 99ers

with Bruise Violet, Surly Grrly and Black Widows
Jul
17
th
7th St Entry

Moken

with Zoë Says Go and theyself
Jul
29
th
Turf Club

Exciter and Midnight

with Wraith and Hellwitch