Lemons is the second album by American garage rock singer-songwriter Ty Segall. The album was released by Goner Records July 14, 2009 on CD/LP. Lemons was Segall's first album on Goner Records, and his first release to be issued on CD as well as other formats. The song "Cents" was Segall's first official music video. It is the only video released from the album. Read more on Last.fm.
Ty Segall is an American musician and songwriter, based in Los Angeles, California. A multi-instrumentalist, Segall is a vocalist, guitarist and drummer. He has released eleven solo studio albums along with numerous collaborations, live albums, demos and compilations. Along with his extensive solo output, he is a member of the bands The Traditional Fools, Epsilons, Party Fowl, Sic Alps, GØGGS, Fuzz, The Perverts, and Wasted Shirt.
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“It #1″ is a great opener but is in a more restrained form here than it was on 2008 7”. “Standing at the Station” is maybe the album’s highlight, a garage punker that really gets up and goes. “Die Tonight” is the catchiest, showing plenty of the same DNA that informed both the self-titled debut and the first side of “Melted.” Plenty of the rest of this has a formidable, muscular crunch (“In Your Car,” “Can’t Talk,” “Cents,” “Johnny”) while a couple of tracks show Ty really experimenting with the full band sound that was new for him on this record (“Lovely One,” “Untitled #2”); however, there isn’t a lot that’s really memorable about a lot of these tracks and a couple (“Rusted Dust,” “Like You”) are downright lamentable, with the most ill-informed being the cover of “Drop Out Boogie.” Frightfully uneven if still pretty enjoyable, “Lemons” has all the markings of a transitional record: a new, expanded sound for the artist and lots of experimentation within that sonic palette. While this doesn’t contain the genius that the follow-ups would, there’s plenty here that hints at it.