Ty Segall has released a new music video for “Break a Guitar,” and it’s pretty wild stuff.
Directed by Matt Yoka, the never-ending barrage of spinning images starts off relatively normal and gets progressively weirder. We think it’s safe to assume that any music video that opens with Fred Armisen karate-kicking a guitar is going to be a trip. After that, we watch an increasingly bizarre kaleidoscope of Segall and his Freedom Band (Emmett Kelly, Mikal Cronin, Charles Moothart and Ben Boye) tumbling through space while Segall “elucidates on the universal absurdity of the rock and roll dream.”
According to a press release, the video aims to “distill the warped desires from Ty Segall’s twisted brain, providing true catharsis for performer and viewer alike.” We suggest waiting until you’ve had a cup of coffee or two at least to dive into Segall’s mind.
A clean flow; something real for a world that doesn’t know what it’s holding. Ty keeps us guessing while splashing our collective face with no shortage of astringent tunes of all colors.
Song from LP/CS/CD “Ty Segall”, released January 27th, 2017 on Drag City Records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Cy9304QlQ
In the meantime, revisit Segall and his band’s recent live TV performance of “Break a Guitar” on Late Night With Seth Meyers, Ty Segall and his Freedom Band, made up of Mikal Cronin , Charles Moothart, Emmett Kelly and Ben Boye, performed on Late Night with Seth Meyers . They played “Break a Guitar,” the opener off of Segall’s recently released selt titled.
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