I got up early this morning in the hopes of getting ahead of the game. No dice, muchacho. I instantly got derailed by a ton of emails that couldn’t be ignored. Thankfully, it wasn’t all junk — it included these new gems from the mighty Ty Segall, the always-enigmatic Frankie & The Witch Fingers and more. Listen and learn:
Ty Segall | Fantastic Tomb
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Ty Segall hits the big sky trail of our good ol’ frontier empire on his upcoming album Possession, discovering non-stop bangers and inspired new sonics around every bend. With lyrics co-written by longtime collaborator, filmmaker Matt Yoka, Ty’s glittering rhythm arrangements move with fresh scansion, inviting in sweeps of strings and horns to further the charge righteously. You’re invited too! Don’t miss the trip when Possession arrives on May 30 — the country inspires awe from up on Ty’s high-octane ride.”
Frankie & The Witch Fingers | Economy
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “With hooks so infectious they rot on impact. Trash Classic marks a feral mutation for Frankie & The Witch Fingers — a record that snarls with proto-punk venom, angular melodies, and electronic textures that cough and sputter like dying neon lights under a poisoned sky. Due June 6, this record pushes the band’s sound to a razor’s edge. Wiry and twitching, it bends into synth-punk and fractured new wave, with fragments of industrial grime caked under its nails. Guitars detonate and slice like cinder blocks through glass, while gnashing basslines slither through the sludge, alive and seething. Buzzy synths take the forefront, driving relentless rhythms that crack and pop, drenched in a chemically saturated sheen — part bug-eyed speed-freak pogo, part dance-floor delirium. The vocals cut through like static-laced transmissions — balancing both smirk and sneer — layering playful unease over themes of escapism, decay, and overindulgence. The result is a raw, twisted monument to rot and excess — toxic glamour and nihilistic salvation. Trash Classic is an auditory dumpster bible — a gutter gospel for those ready to dive into its filth.”
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke | This Conversation is Missing Your Voice
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Mark sent me a large file of Mp3s of ideas during lockdown,” says Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, sharing the origin story of Tall Tales, his upcoming collaboration with electronic musician Mark Pritchard. “There were so many great ones I knew straight away that I had to drop what I was doing. It felt very much that I had not been anywhere like this before, both as soon as I put my headphones on and started trying to find the vocals, words and sounds, but also, as it progressed, watching Jonathan respond so freely and spontaneously with all this video and artwork ideas. It was mental, and I feel lucky to have been involved. I am looking forward to this finally coming out (on May 9). Tall Tales is very important to me.”
Neal Francis | Broken Glass
THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Broken Glass, featuring Say She She and co-written with Michael Shuman, is from Neal Francis’s album Return To Zero, out this Friday. Another charmed moment in the album’s creation, Broken Glass was sparked from a session featuring Francis on bass and Shuman on drums, with the two soon conjuring the hypnotically potent riff that propels the track forward. With its viscerally charged depiction of lust and self-denial, the darkly majestic epic reaches a stratospheric crescendo at the bridge, when pounding drums meet with Say She She’s near-operatic harmonies. “Once we had that riff I started filling in some freeform poetry from my notebook, which had to do with the idea of taking direction in an intimate liaison,” says Francis. “It all came together so naturally because of how Michael was playing drums, bringing that Queens of the Stone Age heavy-rock thing I love so much.”
