{"id":4301,"date":"2016-02-12T13:50:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T18:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4301"},"modified":"2016-02-25T12:56:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T17:56:04","slug":"ty-segall-emotional-mugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/ty-segall-emotional-mugger\/","title":{"rendered":"Ty Segall <br>Emotional Mugger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ty_segall-emotional_mugger.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4302\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ty_segall-emotional_mugger.jpg\" alt=\"Ty Segall, Emotional Mugger\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ty_segall-emotional_mugger.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/ty_segall-emotional_mugger-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Another day, another Ty Segall record. Segall\u2019s prolificacy is challenged only by Lil B or Robert Pollard. Since 2014, we\u2019ve received (in no particular order) a T. Rex homage record, more than a few 7-inches, a singles compilation, a live album, an EP, and his last full-length, <i>Manipulator<\/i>. Every time I write about Segall, I can\u2019t ignore his churn \u2019em out nature because it makes it all the more surprising when each one <i>doesn\u2019t<\/i> fall on its face. This is especially salient with <i>Emotional Mugger<\/i> (Drag City Records), perhaps his most consistent and all-around best record since <i>Slaughterhouse<\/i> (2012).<\/p>\n<p>In case you didn\u2019t know, emotional mugging is a social crime perpetuated in our digital age. We steal each other\u2019s experience and opinions, seldom acting on our own, personal instincts. If we read into Segall\u2019s words, the essential lifeblood of <i>Emotional Mugger<\/i> is acting with the id, and the key to being empowered is with candy of every sort. When it comes to the songs\u2019 compositions, they arrive headier and groove harder than any other Segall tracks heard before, notably the album\u2019s bookends, \u201cThe Magazine\u201d and \u201cSquealer.\u201d Of course, it\u2019s not really a Segall record without guitar licks, and they\u2019re still present, frequently inhabiting his usual space of throwback blues and standardized garage rock. More often than not, though, he uses his guitar in surprising ways, like the squawks and noise on the otherwise low end\u2013leaning \u201cEmotional Mugger\/Leopard Priestess.\u201d As such, surprisingly the only true guitar-rock song is the addictive \u201cMandy Cream,\u201d a track pointed at disillusionment and narcissism that turns a line like \u201cI think you\u2019re talking about yourself\u201d into a real fist-pumper. (A listener could pin it as a less-cerebral Black Keys.)<\/p>\n<p>The major appeal of <i>Emotional Mugger<\/i> is its nixing of any pronounced ambition. After releasing <i>Manipulator<\/i>, a behemoth full of high production quality and classic classic-rock influences, it was clear what Segall felt like he needed to do: scarf some of aforementioned candy and go back to screwing around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another Ty Segall record. Segall\u2019s prolificacy is challenged only by Lil B or Robert Pollard. 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