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May 16, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Ty Segall is releasing a new album, “Hello, Hi”, on July 22 via Drag City. Now he has shared its second single, “Saturday Pt. 2,” which features a saxophone solo from bandmate Mikal Cronin. Listen below, followed by Segall’s upcoming tour dates.

A press release describes the song more fully: “‘Saturday Pt. 2’ concludes a mini-suite that forms the penultimate movement of “Hello, Hi”. Fuzz-free guitars roll forth, ringing with consonance and humble purpose. Ty’s reassuring murmur leads the way until Mikal Cronin’s elegant saxophone throws open the windows, losing joy, hysteria and all the other simple pains and pleasures that have sat behind closed doors for so long. It’s a slow-roiling escape-anthem, finally sighting what’s been missing and wished-upon for what seems like forever: the time we find to play, the magical expanse of Saturday.”

Previously Segall shared the album’s title track, “Hello, Hi.”

A previous press release describes the album in greater detail: ““Hello, Hi” is expansively rendered by Ty, mostly by himself, at home. The isolation suits the songs: you’re only ever as ‘at home’ as you are with yourself in the mirror. Ty’s acoustic and electric guitars and vocal harmonies layer self upon self, forming a spiny backbone for the album. Textures at once gentle and dissonant root the songs as they make their move: melodic arcs convulsing in doubt and bliss and rage. Released from the endless gridlock into open space, these spirits pass on through.”

In February, Segall released the soundtrack to the Matt Yoka documentary Whirlybird, his first ever feature film score, via Drag City. Its single, “Story of the Century,” was one of our Songs of the Week. Last August, Segall surprise released the album Harmonizer via Drag City.

Ty Segall Tour Dates:

6/14/22 191 Toole Tuscon AZ*
6/15/22 Lowbrow Palace El Paso TX*
6/17/22 Granada Theater Dallas TX*
6/18/22 The Mohawk Austin TX*
6/19/22 One Eyed Jacks Presents at 1104 Decatur New Orleans LA&
6/20/22 Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA*
6/22/22 Orange Peel Asheville NC*
6/23/22 Ram’s Head Live Baltimore MD*
6/24/22 Union Transfer Philadelphia PA*
6/25/22 Brooklyn Steel Brooklyn NY*
6/27/22 Royale Boston MA*
6/28/22 Danforth Music Hall Toronto ON Canada
6/30/22 Agora Theatre Cleveland OH
7/1/22 Thalia Hall Chicago IL#
7/2/22 First Avenue Minneapolis MN
7/3/22 Mission Ballroom Denver CO^
7/5/22 Metro Music Hall Salt Lake City UT^
7/6/22 Backstage Bar Las Vegas NV^
7/7/22 Teregram Ballroom Los Angeles CA^
8/11/22 Way Out West Festival Gothenburg Sweden
8/14/22 Palp Festival Martigny Switzerland
8/15/22 Mascotte Zurich Switzerland
8/17/22 Rapa Nui Zandvoort Netherlands
8/18/22 Le Cabaret Vert Charleville Mezieres France
8/19/22 Festival Paredes de Coura Paredes de Coura Portugal
8/20/22 La Route du Rock Festival Saint Malo France
8/21/22 Green Man Festival Brecon Beacons United Kingdom
8/24/22 Magic Mirrors Le Havre France
8/25/22 Square Dom Bedos Bordeaux France
8/26/22 Santana 27 Bilbao Spain
8/27/22 Canela Party Torremolinos Spain

*w/Shannon Lay
& w/ Shannon Lay, Silver Synthetic
^w/ William Tyler
#w/ Bill MacKay

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