[1] Local garage rock musician John Dwyer, of Thee Oh Sees and Coachwhips, offered to release Ty Segall on his label, Castle Face Records.

Dwyer befriended Segall after watching him perform with his then-band, The Traditional Fools, with a cast on his arm.

[2] Segall has stated that Dwyer's band Coachwhips were among his musical influences upon moving to San Francisco: "I moved [to San Francisco] in 2005 and was like, 'Oh man, I really like Coachwhips,' and they're not playing anymore.

"[4] In a mixed review for Pitchfork, Stephen M. Deusner wrote: "Ultimately, Ty Segall sounds like a test run, a document of an artist discovering what all he can do by himself, which makes moments like the whistled outro on "Watching You", so reminiscent of Sergio Leone, all the more endearing.

From paranoid whistler "Watching You" to the huge, fuzzy pound of "The Drag", Segall thunders along with the timeless, impudently rowdy energy of a cement basement dance-off.