When a freckle appears, you know the sun has been there. Don't let anyone tell you it's a skin lesion—it's more like a sign of time well spent, as always, in the light. The band Freckle is like that. So they're Californian. Corey Madden of Color Green, and Ty Segall. From the beginning, they knew what they wanted. It made sense to try to write things that weren't personal, but rather to take ideas and vignettes, turn them into stories and go wild with the lyrics, to make little movies. Freckle is the collective mind of Corey Madden and Ty Segall. This album reminds us that even when the clouds are out, you can still catch a sunburn.