Several songs turn into sprawling complex jams that take a lot of concentration and communication between these musicians tonight, and these guys are tight. I'm guessing partly it's a confidence thing, and partly as he seems at times to almost act like a conductor to his band. Instead of facing the crowd (he barely makes eye contact all night) he stands side on and faces his band. Ty Loves it.Īs opposed to most front men, Ty doesn't front the band at centre stage, Instead as we stare up at him he stands as far on the right hand side as he can get. The dirty funky disco gem Despoiler of Cadaver seems adored by some and leaves others puzzled. This fascinating oddity of a cover version is followed swiftly by one of Freedom Goblin's most genre twisting tracks. Recent single Every 1's a Winner (Yes, a cover of the Hot Chocolate classic!) is indeed a winner. Squealer, Breakfast Eggs and Candy Sam go down a treat early on in the set before a massive switch of style. Live favourite, Finger takes on a lot more meat on the bones live than it's vinyl counterpart and the mosh pit is large and frenzied even before Freedom's Goblin opener Fanny Dog get's the whole crowd singing along.Ĭompared to Ty's fairly polished Psychedlic masterpiece of an LP, Manipulator, the follow up, 2016's Emotional Mugger was a much more uncomfortable, more inaccessible listen, but given the live treatment tonight songs from it come into their own. The dirty fuzzy Sabbathesque beast of a track makes a statement of intent as Ty sings, shouts and screams over some gargantuan riffs.

Ty and the band come on stage and launch into Wave Goodbye from 2012's Ty Segall Band's Slaughterhouse album. The hot humid air in this packed out venue only serves to intensify the atmosphere (and keep people buying beer at hugely inflated prices.) The excited crowd here tonight can hardly wait to see what Ty Segall and the Freedom Band will offer. The record dips into good old indie rock, acoustic, metal, funk, psych and disco to mention but a few styles and genres. He's put out ten full length albums in the space of as many years (not to mention multiple side projects), and he's still only 30, including a couple of double albums, the most recent being 2018's excitingly diverse and eclectic Freedom's Goblin.

There's a couple of thousand people here tonight, all gathered to see Ty Segall, all probably wishing for a completely different setlist to the person stood next to them.

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