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Jul 20, 2018Unsurprisingly, their second joint venture has the white-knuckle ride aspect you’d expect from musicians who produce new music seemingly at will.
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UncutJul 18, 2018Joy is both surer and sillier than Hair. [Aug 2018, p.33]
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Jul 20, 2018Joy is an album to be combed through and prodded. It’s a testament to their shorthand with each other, which somehow ties all the fraying, crusty, silken, wiener dog, kitty cat threads so seamlessly together.
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Jul 18, 2018Joy is a little more messy but almost as glorious [as 2012's Hair]. With track times mostly clocking in under 120 seconds, it’s a series of quick hits that are warped but relentlessly tuneful.
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Jul 23, 2018Joy is like a rickety wooden rollercoaster--there are a few nice inclines with some mildly disappointing drops between some pulsating flats, and you end up getting off slightly begrudgingly.
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Jul 20, 2018A few judicious cuts here and there and it would have been a very strong extended play instead of an uneven album that doesn't quite reach the level the duo attained on Hair. It's still worth checking out for fans either artist though, especially if their eccentric natures are their main attraction.
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Jul 20, 2018Joy is a little tongue-in-cheek at times, but fans of these two should expect nothing less than lo-fi garage at its most controlled and singular.
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MojoJul 23, 2018In its early stages, Joy feels not at all slight, dashed-off or inferior, launching out on a series of acoustic-rattling, inescapably Syd-Barrett-esque pop tunes whose wonky brevity is a virtue. [Sep 2018, p.93]
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Jul 23, 2018Joy fails to replicate the shock of the new and for all its effulgent harmonies, a certain gnarly swagger has been lost.
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Q MagazineJul 18, 2018It walks to the wobbly line between the sparkling and the indulgent with the former just about winning out. [Aug 2018, p.116]
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Jul 18, 2018Their combined creative nous is such that if the two took the time to craft something more elegant and thought out, they could deliver a classic.
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Jul 20, 2018It’s barely over 30 minutes long but brims with musical ideas, including several sets of interconnected songs that push Segall and Presley to their weirdest and most tuneless.
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Aug 17, 2018Both musicians are good enough at this genre that Joy is never a total drag (if not quite a Joy either), but also both of them have been better, and Segall has been better this year, so caveat emptor.
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Jul 18, 2018If one Ty Segall record a year isn’t enough for you, you’ll likely find enough muggy demo-grade fun amid Joy’s best moments. If you’re a dabbler who’s already given part of your 2018 to Freedom’s Goblin, though, you’re probably safe sitting this one out.
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Jul 20, 2018Sure, it’s worth making the effort if you’re already a Segall Stan or a White Fence mega fan, but beyond that? There’s little here to latch onto that’ll make your stay worthwhile.