Ty Segall - Sentimental Goblin EP

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you should know I don't like to skimp on my intros.  Ty though not to shockingly caught me a little off guard with this EP.  Now for those of you who know me, you'll know I can rant about Ty for hours.  He's one of garage rock's most prolific acts, with TONS of albums released in the past 10 years.  Between his solo work, his work with Ty Segall Band, Fuzz, one of his countless other bands, as well as collaborations with Mikal Cronin, White Fence, and others, has released an overwhelming amount of material.  If you know Ty's style, you'll also know that he doesn't like to every stick with the same sound for too long.  Ty throughout his albums has worked with Folk Rock "Goodbye Bread", "Sleeper", Psych Rock ("Hair", "Twins"), and my favorite side of Ty, his Garage Rock House of Horrors side ("Melted", "Slaughterhouse", "Emotional Mugger").  Which is why earlier this year, when he released his self titled album I was a little thrown off.  There were great tracks galore and all, but it seemed a little safe for Ty.  Which is why when I heard this EP was coming out way I couldn't wait to dive in.  Now, since it's only two tracks I'm not going to give it a formal rating or anything, this is gonna be more or less just a discussion.

(A little something from Ty's last album in case you missed it)

Don't blink, you certainly might miss this EP.  I was hoping Ty had a little something more for us than just two tracks.  But who am I to complain, by the time I’m done with this sentence Ty will probable have released two more studio albums.  This EP starts out with “Pan”, a slow, fuzzy jam reminiscent of his last album.  Ty sounds sturdy though, and totally a little more sane than usual, but that’s kinda how he sounded for his entire last album.  If you take the more mature sound of his album from earlier this year, and gave it some extra fuzz and distortion, you would get “Pan”.  It’s an alright track, it sounds more like a B-Side than new material.  However, I do like how confident Ty sounds within this atmosphere, and I love how crushing the production is.  Outside of that, this comes off as kinda business as usual.  On the other hand, “Black Magick” is a real turn for the more bizarre side of Ty that I love to hear him explore.  This almost reminds me of his “Hair” collaboration album he did with White Fence, there’s certainly some serious retro vibes here.  But it’s still heavy, even though the fuzzy distortion for the most part is absent on this one.  Fans of Ty’s more psychedelic worker seriously going to want to check this out, because if this is any indication of the direction Ty is going in, his next album is going to be ridiculous.  There’s even a slight medieval feel to this, sort of like that Ariel Pink EP from early this year.  It’s really bizarre, but it works great with Ty’s retro vibes.  If you’re like me and you like to see Ty at his weirdest, this is a track you really need to hear ASAP.  And that’s it, that’s the EP.  I’m a little bummed that Ty didn’t give us anything else to work with, but what can ya do.