Love Rudiments Ty Segall

‘Love Rudiments’ is a meditation by Ty Segall on his first love: the drums. Known popularly as a singing guitar player, he generally starts the recording of his songs by laying down a drum track. ‘Love Rudiments’ kicks off with drums and percussion then adds a few other percussive and production aspects. It travels a great journey in this configuration. However, ‘Love Rudiments’ wasn’t written or performed to present as some kind of solo drums album - it’s just another music album, with vibes (figurative as well as literal), feels, a theme and a through-line.

Never one to shy away from a challenge, Ty’s made an instrumental album of percussive music that rides the
wild surf of a waxing-then-waning love affair - from the
first blinding look, to the eventual recognition, that look
back at love’s rudiments, viewed from beyond and outside that seemingly infinite sensation.
And why not? Drums are a melody instrument too. Ty
plays them with precision and sensitivity, delving deep into the textures of timpani, vibraphone, xylophone,
percussion and e-drums, all of them occupying space within the luxe stereo spread of the drum kit. In the process, a psychological space is opened - a private emotional location where only two can meet.

‘Love Rudiments’ re-embodies the passion and compulsion that drives all of Ty Segall’s music in a suite of moments played on orchestral batterie to explore the most delicate passages of human interaction - playing on the bones of love.