Ty Segall meets a new non-rock challenge head-on; soundtrack music for the documentary film Whirlybird. A variety of synth sounds, electric keyboards, drums, percussion and saxophone.
Say I Won't is the record of a veteran band finding it's stride, stripping back the excess and finding the raw core of their sound. It comes at a time of change for Barrett, having relocated from New York to his hometown of Oxford during the pandemic.
The conception of Three Bells arcs, rainbow-like, into a land nearly beyond songs - but inside of them, Ty relentlessly pushes the walls further and further in his writing and playing to cast light into the most opaque depths.
The album was released on a 12-inch LP and consisted of ten tracks, with five of them on each side of the vinyl record. The album spawned the single, "Something's Got a Hold on Me" b/w "Waiting for Charlie to Come Home" which was written for Etta by Burt
A return to simple pleasures, nature, and an embracing of more pared-down songwriter sonics. So sure, things are different now Joe Mount is getting older and what's on his mind is changing, but that doesn't mark a change in quality for Metronomy.