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Ty Segall’s Lemons gives
new life to a psychedelic garage sound bolstered with giant
riffs meant for huge venues. And in the hands of a manufactured
monstrosity like Jet, this approach led to commercially-viable
disaster. But Ty Segall isn’t a fake. Lemons dials
up the wattage and bombast with hooks that stray often
and unabashedly from the soulful-screeching of his self-titled
debut, but without sacrificing the intensity that won him
notice. Ty Segall was a more than solid debut,
but did not strive to stand-out in the cluttered garage-punk
trenches. Despite the fact that no new ground was broken,
Ty Segall’s first remains a fun record created with
considerable energy and the contagious zeal of an O.C.
college boy that don’t wanna be no O.C. college boy.
And this attitude translates to Lemons with added
dexterity, confidence and approachability.
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