Harmonizer (Ty Segall album)

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Harmonizer
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Studio album by
Ty Segall
ReleasedAugust 3, 2021
Recorded2020
StudioHarmonizer Studios, Topanga, California
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length35:28
Label Drag City
Producer
  • Cooper Crain
  • Ty Segall
Ty Segall chronology
First Taste
(2019)		Harmonizer
(2021)		"Hello, Hi"
(2022)
Singles from Harmonizer
  1. "Feel Good"
    Released: August 16, 2021
  2. "Harmonizer"
    Released: September 13, 2021
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork 7.3/10 [1]

Harmonizer is the thirteenth studio album by the American garage rock musician Ty Segall, released on August 3, 2021, on Drag City Records. Co-produced by Segall and Cooper Crain, the album's initial digital release was a surprise, with physical copies following in October 2021. [2]

Contents

The album features contributions from Denée Segall, who co-wrote and sings lead vocals on "Feel Good", and the members of Segall's backing band, the Freedom Band: Mikal Cronin (bass), Charles Moothart (drums), Emmett Kelly (guitar) and Ben Boye (keyboards). [3]

Background and recording

The album was recorded at Segall's new home studio, Harmonizer Studios, in Topanga, California during the COVID-19 pandemic. A press release described the album as "a synthtastic production redesign that finds Ty dialing up a wealth of tightly controlled beats, thick keyboard textures, guitar and endless harmonies. This glossy sound makes for some of Ty's cleanest songs and starkest ideas to date, bracing him as he revisits the lonely days and loathsome nights of the alienated, grown-up-wrong soul." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ty Segall

Harmonizer track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Learning"1:46
2."Whisper"3:38
3."Erased"4:40
4."Harmonizer"4:48
5."Pictures"4:50
6."Ride"3:12
7."Waxman"3:08
8."Play"2:24
9."Feel Good"2:56
10."Changing Contours"3:56
Total length:35:28

Personnel

Musicians

Recording personnel

Artwork

Charts

Chart performance for Harmonizer
Chart (2021)Peak
position
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [5] 34

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References

  1. ↑ Arroyo, Steven (August 15, 2021). "Ty Segall: Harmonizer Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (August 3, 2021). "Ty Segall Surprise Releases New Album Harmonizer". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  3. ↑ Moore, Sam (August 2, 2021). "Ty Segall releases surprise new album 'Harmonizer'". NME . Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  4. ↑ Russell, Scott (August 3, 2021). "Listen to Ty Segall's New Surprise Album, Harmonizer". Paste . Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 6, 2021.


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