Emotional Mugger

Like Marc Bolan fronting Black Sabbath with John Cale behind the boards.

Listened to this one a few times. Surprised on the use of synthesizers but love the unhinged tones they are bringing here. Sonically everything here sounds great and the short run-time makes it a nice encapsulation of Ty Segall. The whole baby aesthetic is creepy and unsettling though, likely intentional though. The KEXP performance where he asks the host "Will you be my mommy?" "...uh ok" "Yaaaay!!" was hilarious and uncomfortable but, I'm sure it's all part of the plan. W.u.o.t.w.s. was a surprising addition, it's like Ty Segall's Revolution 9. 4.5 down to 4. Love: Squealer, Emotional Mugger, Squeaker Two, W.u.o.t.w.s., The Magazine

Fuck. Great one!

Yeah, I like this as a garage rock entry, a lot of the modern user entries are really similar in regards to being in this very niche post-garage sound, but this one still shines for me.

If I found that eyeless baby rocking in my garage I would scream. Four stars.

Loud and distorted! I like it! It's garage rock, but has some industrial vibes to it without exaggerating too much

Been listening to ‘Manipulator’ a good deal recently so I was stoked to see some more Ty pop up here. I’ve been a fan for over a decade now and this guy just doesn’t miss - each LP is consistently solid, usually stacked with close to an hour of pitch-perfect garage rock, and at this point he’s put out over 30 (40?) releases between his solo career and many, many projects. Hadn’t returned to this LP specifically in a while, so it was more of a blind spot in the discography. Per usual, there are 2-3 tracks that absolutely rock, a majority are pretty good, and 1-2 that I could maybe do without - Segall usually opts for a few more experimental noise tracks on his solo releases and those just didn’t vibe with me here. May sound like a tepid reception on my part, but the standard of Segall excellence is so high that this was still the listening highlight of my day. Ty’s characteristically sludgy yet buzzsaw-like guitar tone has already Pavloved my brain into releasing hella dopamine, and I was more than happy to dive right in as part of my 1001 listening.

dig it!

This was a good garage rock revival album with a decent dose of psychedelia thrown in. I heard a lot of White Stripes and Black Keys in this but there were some experimental elements that sets it apart.

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Squealer, Emotional mugger, Breakfast eggs, Diversion

I liked it!

Oh, this was excellent. Good old fashioned oddball garage rock that splits the difference between grit and glam with ease. The comparison to Bolan is on point, but Ty Segall manages to embody Bolan's sensibility without getting lost in it. That's a hard thing to do, and I'm liking it. Fave Songs: Emotional Mugger/Leopard Priestess, Squealer, Californian Hills, Baby Big Man, Mandy Cream

Fun and noisy garage rock

Rock

I liked this better than I expected to given the genre descriptors (garage + noise being a Venn intersection I rarely enjoy). It did descend into the side of noise rock I find less tolerable toward the last couple of tracks.

Fun times with a garage goofball

Rocky and rolly

5/10. There was some cool stuff going on here for sure, but none of it really grabbed me.

Mostly straight-ahead West Weird Rock, Emotional Mugger can hardly be called buttoned-up but suggests an atypical relationship to the narcotic. Happy as I am to see the scene represented, the music's not definitional - Explicitly flies apart eventually, operates as life soundtrack in full.

This caught my attention right away; it felt fresh and interesting. But I have to admit by the third song it was grating on my nerves. Mainly his voice. I will listen to it again, maybe it will grow on me. But for now it's 3 stars.

Great 3

Meh, noisy alternative. 3/5.

A good one for this genre. Monotonous at times, but pleasant.

Now I'm wondering why it never made the original list.

A buddy of mine is very into Ty Segall. Never checked him out. Fuzzy with several zs. Occasionally hits some good tunes, but seems more like a quantity over quality type of guy. Shades of The Beatles at their most overdriven, and maybe QOTSA and Uncle Acid. Favorite tracks: "Californian Hills", "Mandy Cream"

This was a surprisingly decent album. Never heard of the band before but the grunge garage rock sound with the sound of distortion like the Beatles revolver was a pretty cool combo. Overall it was pretty decent. Not sure how much I’d revisit it but it’s not bad. 6.2/10

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It's a bit derivative - old psych repackaged. It's done well though, and one track sounded like if Nine Inch Nails had formed in San Francisco in 1967, which was a fun experiment. A mixed bag.

I absolutely HATE the cover art. I mean, absolutely horrible. Mostly just dissonant noise with a hint of melody with no hook, which is not my bag. No hate if this is your thing, I can see musicality in it. It's just not what I enjoy listening to.

Didn't like it

Sorry Ty, but that was far from your best effort. I've heard you do way better things than this album

70s-style garage rock, bit samey, not very attractive gruff voice. Some incidental weird buzzy noises. Not to my taste.

interesting and different, 2.3

Garage rock, noise rock, psychedelic rock, experimental rock. No me ha gustado. Un 2.

I just don't get what this guy is trying to accomplish here, sorry

Not for me

Extremely lo-fi garage rock. I know it's not supposed to be pleasant to listen, but I had a bad time and not really in an interesting or thought provoking way, unfortunately. Rating: 1 Playlist track: Squealer Date listened: 04/09/24