In the 1970s, every major rock band made a live album.
The recordings often reflected the era — wild, excessive, exciting — and they almost certainly contained at least a couple of jams.
Ty Segall’s excellent new live record Deforming Lobes recalls that era. Even the album art (above) is awesome.
Of course Segall gets inspiration from punk as much as he digs into the crates of hard rock — and he’s not playing the arenas that were popular back in the day — but this album is a scorcher however you want classify it.
Starting out with the jam Warm Hands, Deforming Lobes draws from more than half a dozen Segall albums. It also captures the intensity of his shows, which are consistently thrilling.
Backed by his Freedom Band (Mikal Cronin, Charles Moothart, Emmett Kelly and Ben Boye), the recording is from a show in LA last year. Segall turned to Chicago legend Steve Albini to help mix the record.
Of course, it’s highly recommended.
Deforming Lobes by Ty Segall
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