Received a 7.5 rating from Pitchfork. Its a year and a half since the release of Freedom s Goblin. A winter of rain has buried the recent times of drought. Contradictions are rife. First Taste is an introspective set after the extroversions of Freedom s Goblin—yet just as steeped in party beats somehow, even as TY SEGALL trails through his back pages, reflecting on family, re-encountering pasts, anticipating futures. First Taste is arch, full of high-energy jams, with a thing in each mix always insistently different. Ty s song design s all over the place—not even a surprise anymore—but unlike the freewheeling feast style of Freedom s Goblin, these twelve numbers form a tightly revolving cycle of song and sound that focuses thoughts.