Ty Segall Strips Away the Instrumentals on New Song with Shannon Lay, “Ice Plant”
Photo by Denée Segall
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The wildly prolific Ty Segall is prepping the release of another new album, First Taste, due out on Aug. 2. We’ve already heard two cuts from the record, “Taste” and “Radio,” and today, July 23, we’re getting our third taste.
“Ice Plant” is Segall at his most sparing. Gone are the fuzzy freak-fests and instrumental meltdowns; here are the airy vocal harmonies. Shannon Lay, the newest member of the rotating Freedom Band, duets with Segall on the track. Her voice is a lovely match for Segall’s, together imbuing the repeated refrain “Let your love rain down on me” with a disarming affect. Simple percussion and pianos bookend the song, which is otherwise entirely vocal.
Here’s Segall on the track: