Ty Segall and his band, photo by Denée Segall.

Ty Segall has maintained an inexhaustible release schedule for nearly two decades now, and he’s just announced yet another addition to his behemoth catalog with Chrome, his 18th solo studio album. Following last year’s detour into nostalgic pop-rock on Possession, Segall’s latest is billed as one of the garage-psych destroyer’s heaviest records yet, and that comes through on the ripping lead single “Black Paint.” The album is out on Aug. 28 via Drag City, and just for kicks he’ll also drop a new EP, Love Fuzzz, on the same day.

Where Segall performed, recorded and mixed Possession alone, he flipped the script for Chrome, enlisting his tried and true touring band of Mikal Cronin, Emmett Kelly, Ben Boye and Evan Burrows and Bitchin’ Bajas’ Cooper Crain to track the album live. Wand drummer Burrows is credited for some songwriting apart from the full-band tracks, alongside other returning collaborators Matt Yoka and Ty’s wife Denée.  

On “Black Paint,” Segall submerges the bright melodies of his last dispatch in thick, dark riffs. In keeping with the meticulous production standard that he’s sharpened since last year with work for White Fence, Annabelle Chairlegs and Upchuck, every screech and sputter in the flood of distortion hits hard. The same head-banding sessions gave rise to the Love Fuzzz EP, which includes a slowed stoner metal take on the song of the same name from 2012’s Twins and “My Pet Guru,” billed as “hypnotic art psych fried-kraut air.”

Chrome and Love Fuzzz are available to pre-order now. Watch the music video “Black Paint” below and read on for the album’s full tracklist.

Chrome – Ty Segall:
1. “Hospital”
2. “Running To Nowhere”
3. “Black Paint”
4. “Glass”
5. “Play Cowboys”
6. “Everything You’ve Been”
7. “Let Go”
8. “Separation”
9. “Chrome”