This record is an encapsulation.
The omnipresent fear & anger.
WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?
WHY? WHY? WHY? WHY?
& WHAT (!) is REALLY going on?
Consternation….today……….
There is difficulty, frustration, strain
and a large snake.
You can feel the pressure of it breathing on the streets, in media, and in your lunch.
– Donnie burned my mother / He baked her in the oven / Took her love of living and replaced it with an aspirin / If baby doesn’t listen / He’s gonna get a beating / Cuz mommy’s getting angry / In fact she’s getting even – From “Sedition”
This S/T, by The C.I.A. is an urgent musical notice. I feel it immediately.
The pointed vocal cadence & lyrics of Denée Segall (Lamps, VIAL) is a sharp scythe,
and the actual time is…Now.
I feel the same distress call and disposition from Crass records like Penis Envy or DIRT. in fact, if you took that…mixed in “Black Silk Stocking” by Chrisma and a touch of early Nic Endo (Atari teenage riot) and even Dinah Cancer (45 Grave) “Autopsy” era, you can get a feeling. And Similarly to those mentioned, Denée is putting a time stamp on THIS time. The spirit and her viability is strong in many a corner, and in many a heart. The alarm is ringing.
– POWER THROUGH PEACE – From “Power”
Or….
– Don’t love you / Don’t want to / Don’t see you / Don’t have to / Won’t hear you / Won’t be fooled / Won’t please you / Don’t have to / Don’t love you / Don’t want to / Don’t see you / Don’t have to / Fix your opinion / I will not be giving in / I will not be blind to the world that we’re living in “ – From “Gunslinger”
This is survival sound, put on record well backed by Ty Segall, and Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang), who have added anything-must-happen, mercurial, constantly moving instrumentation. The sounds, consistent with unique monochrome, move like an engine, made gas-tight by piston rings. Sonic rings moving in tight machine patterns. And at the vocal helm is Denée, steering this machine in vocal directions across an exclamation point motorway. No salt, all salt. Traction & reaction. They built a sound machine with, and for each other.
Survival sound lifts its head up when it needs to.
Thankfully it gets put on record & released when it needs to.
2018 – Tim Presley
News
Ty and Denée Segall Announce C.I.A. Album, Share Video for New Song: Watch
Pitchfork
“The C.I.A.—the band comprising Ty Segall, his wife Denée Segall, and the Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly—have announced a new album: Surgery Channel arrives January 20 via In the Red. Today, the group has shared lead single “Impersonator,” along with a music video directed by Joshua Erkman and Denée Segall. In the clip, Denée Segall’s face morphs as other images—of Miss Piggy, Pinhead from Hellraiser, Gollum, Chucky, and more—are projected on top of it. Check it out below, and scroll down for the LP artwork and tracklist”
The C.I.A. (Ty & Denée Segall and Emmett Kelly) announce new LP, share “Impersonator” video
Brooklyn Vegan
“The C.I.A., the project of Ty and Denée Segall and Emmett Kelly, have announced a sophomore LP, Surgery Channel, out January 20 via In The Red. It follows their self-titled 2018 debut. Surgery Channel was written in 2021 and recorded by Mike Kriebel at Ty’s own Harmonizer Studios”
The C.I.A. – “Impersonator”
Stereogum
“Ty Segall, his wife Denée, and the Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly formed a band called the C.I.A. back in 2018 and released their debut album that same year. Now they’ve recorded a follow-up to it, which is called Surgery Channel and will be out early next year. Today, they’re sharing the album’s lead single, the demonic and pulsing “Impersonator.”
Ty Segall and Denee Segall’s Band the C.I.A. Announce New Album, Share New Song: Listen
Pitchfork
Ty Segall has announced his sixth new album of 2018. He’s in a band called the C.I.A. with his wife Denee Segall and the Cairo Gang’s Emmett Kelly. Their debut self-titled album is out in December via In the Red.
Denée and Ty Segall Band CIA Release New Video ‘Pleasure Seeker’
California Rocker
The CIA, the band that features front woman Denée Segall along with Ty Segall, Emmett Kelly and drummer R.E. Carlos, will release their self-titled debut album in December on In The Red Records.
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