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Sep 3, 2013Though Ty Segall often seems like he makes records at inhuman paces, Sleeper indulges his very human impulse for a good wallow, and proves that there’s more to the man than the distorted ripping guitars would make you believe.
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Aug 19, 2013A full, concentrated album of ballads may seem startling even for die-hard fans, not just because the new full-on singer/songwriter mode is such a departure, but also because of how beautifully weary and evocative his songs tend to be when he allows a glimpse at his unplugged intimate side.
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Alternative PressAug 13, 2013Segall's laconic vocals and playing style ties everything together and maintains a blunted brilliance throughout. [Sep 2013, p.92]
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Sep 9, 2013With Sleeper Segall sounds almost, well, mature, and emotionally invested.
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Aug 29, 2013Sleeper will probably be viewed in hindsight as "That kinda boring Ty Segall album."
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Aug 21, 2013As an artist, the mystery man of a thousand songs experiences quite the growth on Sleeper, shedding the enigma in lieu of his most honest and human recordings yet.
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Aug 13, 2013Each song sounds like it has an endearing air to it. At times the lack of polish can be grating, but there are moments of delicacy and sensitivity that create a more rounded record than seems to exist on first listen.
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Aug 19, 2013It brings with it a deftly executed change in tone that we've only glimpsed in the past and a refreshing emotional honesty, which not only feels mature but enduring.
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Aug 26, 2013Sleeper is a large, though not radical, departure from the bulk of Segall’s catalog. But in dialing down the fuzz and eschewing girls-and-partying songs to dig deep into his own personal demons, Segall shows marked maturity as a songwriter.
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Aug 19, 2013Segall may not be bouncing off the walls on Sleeper, but its decided shift shows his range and ability to continue churning out great releases at an alarming speed.
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Aug 23, 2013Think Aqualung on codeine, sans flute, swapping vagrants for couch potatoes.
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MagnetAug 16, 2013His voice wafting in as it from across some great, wide divide, he drapes heavy-lidded seductions and portending cautionary tales over several decades of occultish folk, ritualistic rhythm and acoustic blues, from Bron-Y-Aur stomps to paralyzed lullabies. [No. 101, p.51]
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MojoAug 13, 2013It's a compact yet satisfying set of 10 surging semi-acoustic almost-ballads with occasional electric interludes. [Sep 2013, p.91]
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Aug 19, 2013Perhaps its issue is that it’s quite hard to feel anything throughout its running time beyond a sense of general malaise.
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Aug 20, 2013Sleeper is an album worthy of adorning your shelf until the shelf itself crumbles.
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Aug 21, 2013It's his most focused album, with every song's tone easily flowing into the next, and it's also one of his best.
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Aug 19, 2013Ever restless and inventive, Ty Segall may be at his peak right now, but, as “The West” augurs, he’s on a twisting, winding musical path that gets more and more rewarding the more unpredictable it gets.
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Q MagazineAug 20, 2013With its shoebox percussion and no-budget production, Sleeper is a work of desolate, cracked genius. [Sep 2013, p.108]
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Aug 23, 2013At its weakest, Sleeper can come across like Beady Eye--and if there weren’t a US voice behind it, it might well be laughed out of town. However, Segall’s motives seem authentic.
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Aug 20, 2013His first full-length in nine whole months is virtually all acoustic, pushing his love of pimply Sixties squall into psychedelic folk that's just as raw as his noise records.
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Aug 20, 2013Overall, though, the absence of pretense does more good than harm here. By emphasizing his singing rather than the usual wailing walls of distortion, Segall expertly treads the fine line separating rockist classicism from lo-fi innovation.
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Aug 20, 2013Refreshing earnestness has always been one of his strengths, and Sleeper, inspired by the death of his father, is an honest study on loneliness, heartbreaking without ever becoming maudlin.
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Aug 14, 2013The very retro Sleeper is an acoustic affair, characterised by bluesy downers and portentous balladry.
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Aug 19, 2013While a lot of the mood is pretty solemn of Sleeper, there are some sun-kissed moments, that despite still being lyrically dark, remain blissed-out chunks of acoustic summer-pop.
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Aug 19, 2013It's no straightforward confessional, but a paradigm shift from squalling electricity to intensity of a different sort.
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Aug 20, 2013I don’t think garage needs saving. Yet, when Ty Segall shares visions within the freaked-out space of garage, he cracks it open.
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UncutAug 13, 2013This one keeps the focus tight and intimate. [Sep 2013, p.93]
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Aug 28, 2013It's a bit much to say Sleeper is a softer side of Segall, but the album is contemplative and introspective in a way that we're not used to hearing from him. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.100]
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