Ty Segall’s voice has never sounded quite this beautiful. On his self-titled ninth LP, “Orange Color Queen” stands as the crowning love song (to his now-wife, in fact), and his pack of accompanying musicians (Mikal Cronin on bass, Charles Moothart on drums, Emmett Kelly on guitar and Ben Boye on keys) slay as per usual. But it’s Segall’s tender lyrics and ambitious vocals that really make this one special. His playful metaphors—“Oh, you’re the silver lips of honey / Oh, you’re my cherry fizzle sundae”— make “Orange Color Queen” feel like they belong in a different era, yet it’s Segall ranging like never before on the song’s conclusion (“You’re beautiful lazy / Orange color lady / The morning sun, it wants to know / Where you’ll go”) that show his dynamic range. —Adrian Spinelli
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