Ty Segall has built his career on being prolific.
But with his newEmotional Mugger, he takes a step back.
Many ofEmotional Muggers tracks sound more like half-baked stylistic exercises than true songs.
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Breakfast Eggs and Mandy Cream come off as muddled sketches of Segalls typically sharp writing.
The distortion of penultimate track W.U.O.T.W.S.
Even so, Segall is too talented to populate an album exclusively with missteps.
These highlights keepEmotional Muggerfrom being an abject failure but Segall doesnt usually deal in mediocrity.
Even this deep into a phenomenal career, the great are allowed to falter.
