{"id":41266,"date":"2016-02-08T19:33:02","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T01:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=41266"},"modified":"2016-02-08T19:36:41","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T01:36:41","slug":"ty-segall-emotional-mugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/02\/08\/ty-segall-emotional-mugger\/","title":{"rendered":"Ty Segall: Emotional Mugger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ty-Segall-EM-300x300.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-41514\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41514 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ty-Segall-EM-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Ty Segall EM 300x300\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ty-Segall-EM-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ty-Segall-EM-300x300-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ty-Segall-EM-300x300-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a>By now, it\u2019s pretty difficult to overlook Ty Segall because he releases an album, whether it\u2019s a solo project or with one of his many other bands, essentially four times a year. In 2015 alone he released a short EP, a T.Rex cover album, Fuzz\u2019s <em>II<\/em>, and a single with G\u00f8ggs. The guy never quits<em>\u2014<\/em>never quits creating new and innovative sounding music.<br \/>\nHis latest, <em>Emotional Mugger<\/em>, is a testament to his evolving sound and image, while staying true to his garage rock roots.<\/p>\n<p>He announced the album by sending VHS tapes with <em>Emotional Mugger<\/em>\u00a0dubbed over a crappy Nicole Kidman movie to various music publications like Spin and Pitchfork, but also included a mysterious phone number said to contain more information once called. (That number is 1-800-281-2968, and I would highly recommend calling.) With this unconventional way of publicizing his album, Segall set the tone for what his album\u2019s major themes would be: consumerism, maturity, cyber-reality, and society\u2019s intrigue with the disingenuous.<\/p>\n<p><em>Emotional Mugger<\/em> is by far Segall\u2019s most sonically experimental album. He utilizes more synths, like on songs like \u201cEmotional Mugger\/Leopard Priestess\u201d and \u201cBaby Big Man (I Want a Mommy),\u201d but his song structure is also less conventional than his previous albums. There are more dives into extended jams and solos, but they are kept to a minimum so as not to sound too busy and convoluted. \u201cSquealer Two\u201d takes a groovier funk turn, while \u201cW.U.O.T.W.S.\u201d sounds like a collage of rejected song ideas. Segall also collaborated with Tim Presley of White Fence on a handful of songs, and Presley\u2019s minimalist influence is obvious on songs like \u201cSquealer\u201d and \u201cBreakfast Eggs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiversion\u201d is a personal favorite on the album because it combines his trademark fuzz-doused sound with new elements, such as a somewhat \u201cdouble persona\u201d (i.e. singing in a deep voice and replying in a higher pitched one). All in all, this is a great album and perfectly fits in his discography; <em>Emotional Mugger <\/em>is\u00a0evolved just enough to sound fresh. However, it would not be atop a recommended list for a first time listener looking to join the Cult of Segall because it\u2019s more experimental and not as catchy as albums like <em>Twins<\/em> and <em>Melted<\/em>.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Fuzz, White Fence, some Velvet Underground, T. Rex, Meatbodies<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended Tracks: 5 (Diversion), 1 (Squealer), 9 (Squealer Two), 8 (Candy Sam)<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Do Not Play: None<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Written by Caroline Roe on 02\/08\/16 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an album that fits perfectly in Segall&#8217;s discography; Emotional Mugger is evolved just enough to sound fresh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1643,"featured_media":41514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3235,3230,181],"tags":[2951,4289,513],"class_list":["post-41266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-music-reviews","category-new-music-rotation","category-rock-rotation","tag-caroline-roe","tag-emotional-mugger","tag-ty-segall"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ty-Segall-EM-300x300.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1643"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}