San Francisco musician Ty Segal is nothing of not prolific, releasing three albums this year, HAIR is the second with another to follow. It's an album of stoned garage rock with heavy psychedelic overtones.
You'd think it was recorded in during '69s Summer of Love. It has those distinctive late sixties wasted vocals, lazy guitars and raw live production. Some tracks are heavier and suggest the influence of bands like Sabbath or The Stooges but much of it sounds like sounds like dreamy and surreal West Coast late '60s rock but with Lennon-esque vocals.
Standout tracks are the rockier numbers. The Stooges/MC5 garage stomp of 'Crybaby' and the baggy jam of 'Tongues' which sounds a very much like The Beta Bands 'Dry The Rain'. It also uses the same backward looping of sound as appears on the breakdown during Led Zepplin's 'Whole Lotta Love'. Also great is the mellotron led rock n roller 'I Am Not A Game'.
The album is essentially an eight song psych-wigout and whilst its retro revival is fun for a few listens, the nostalgic fuzz and squalling guitars does wear a bit thin and you're left wishing this great musician would just write a great tune.
Its good, but despite all it promises HAIR won't leave leave you totally psyched.
'I AM NOT A GAME'
'TONGUES'
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