Month: October 2012

Ty Segall: Portrait of the Artist as F***in’ Psyched! On Spin.com
Spin Magazine

“When I was a kid, records were my religion, the glue that brought together like-minded people, people who feel that connection with something. To me, that is God. That is all religions, that is everything. Ozzy Osbourne is Jesus. Arthur Lee is the Divine Spirit. That’s the point: keep it alive, spread it around. I want to make records you don’t have to think about.”

Mac Demarco’s 2 reviewed on NME
NME

“Lyrically witty, full of neat turns of phrase, his songs recall the quirks and kinks of Jonathan Richman, the tale-telling and wit of Alex Turner (specifically the Arctics man’s gentle, romantic work on the Submarine soundtrack), and the playful verbosity of Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus…”

Ty Segall’s Twins reviewed on The Guardian
The Guardian

“Ultimately, the appeal of Twins – and Segall – rests not so much on the individual tunes, tuneful as they may be. You put one of these sneery, sweet, hyperactive, electric records on as a force field to ward off the dead, grey creep of the everyday, to remind you what a good time sounds like.”

Ty Segall’s Twins receives 8.0 on Pitchfork
Pitchfork

Twins doesn’t stick to the middle or even pick a lane. It swerves, visiting territory well-tread with a perspective that feels new, and knowing Segall, he probably won’t make another album that sounds like it any time soon.”