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Ty Segall Band's Scorching 'I Bought My Eyes'

San Francisco garage rockers set for new album release

May 29, 2012 9:00 AM ET
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The Ty Segall Band
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Click to listen to Ty Segall Band's 'I Bought My Eyes'

San Francisco-based garage-rock whiz kid Ty Segall has released a handful of exceptional solo records over the past few years, and he's already got one album – Hair, a collaborative effort with White Fence – out this year. On June 26th, Segall will release his second 2012 effort, Slaughterhouse (In the Red Records), which finds him recording for the first time with his touring band of fellow thrashers, Mikal Cronin, Charlie Moothart and Emily Rose Epstein. The record will be released under the moniker the Ty Segall Band, and you can download the album cut "I Bought My Eyes," a tasty scorcher with guitar riffs firing on all cylinders, now.

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