Wednesday, November 4, 2015

#1944 Fuzz - II

The riffs are huge, and they rule. It's heavy and nasty: the fuzzed out bass juggernaut, the screaming guitar solos, the neckbreak dives into overpowering guitar noise maelstroms. But I feel like I don't like it as much as I should, somehow. Have we finally reached saturation on the Ty Segall sound?

There's something overstuffed and plodding about this, even as it's great, even as it's hooky, it's just so much, so loud, for 67 minutes - it's numbing. It makes me appreciate the great Ty Segal albums, which managed to give you room to breathe, in the mix and in the sequencing.

Possibly the perfect Segallsphere album to go to if you want pure dedication to riffage, but not my first choice overall 4/5

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