Ty Segall – Twins

Ty Segall – Twins (Drag City) 

Ty Segall has unleashed a steady stream of consistently solid rock ’n’ roll releases since 2008, but he’s having a banner year (even for him): Twins is not only his third full-length of 2012, it’s his third excellent full-length of 2012. If you look at Segall’s oeuvre like a map, rather than a new boundary or the shortest route from Point A to Point B, Twins is like a collection of POI markers scattered across the broad terrain he’s covered thus far, from blistering garage-rock to love songs to lumbering stoner jams to pop. The feeling I get is not one of having been here before, but of peeking through as-yet-unopened doorways. The world of rock ’n’ roll is apparently still full of wonders hidden in plain view, and right now Segall is its most able tour guide.

By Carly Blair