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New Wave / Punk / Rockabilly band from London, UK.
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This was a really early stab for Ty Segall at the full band sound, and as a result shows the same simple-mindedness that plagued “Lemons,” his second solo album. A trade-off is that the songs are a lot more loud and punky than those on “Lemons” so his side never really seems to lose momentum, but they’re also less catchy and not as interesting as what would come with the major breakthrough of “Melted.” The big exception is “Swag,” the second track, which has all the attitude and brains of Segall’s s/t LP with a little beefier sound.
Meanwhile, Black Time delivers exactly what you would expect: appropriately snotty and noisier-than-normal punk rock. Their side is actually a good deal better than Ty’s for a couple of reasons, chief among them being the songs are just more interesting; the band is used to working with a full complement of instrumentation and shows a wider variety of compositional sides than Segall. The other big difference is that the songs are sequenced to begin as soon as the one before them ends, which sort of gives off this live vibe and makes each successive track sound bigger and even more pounding.
It’s likely that at this point most people hearing this are going to be Segall completists, but hopefully Black Time’s side can turn a few of those people on to them as well.