@nickflessa dropped by to drop off his new album, A Different Kind of Energy today - we’re hosting his album release at clubteegee on June 29 - though the album is out now!
Session dump for A Different Kind of Energy, out this Friday 4/17 via @anxietyblanketrecords .
It’s an all-instrumental album, recorded in LA last year. Here is the track listing:
1. Death of a Natural Wine Salesman
2. Medicine Hat City Slogan
3. Ira Louvin’s Inner Child
4. Rise of John Wayne Bobbitt
5. Three Nights at La Luna Inn
6. The Terror, The Traitor and The Tastemaker
7. We Drink at the Same Bar
8. From Godwin Seven
9. The Karma Vigilante
10. For Zoe Koke
Players pictured above. Three of these songs are out already. The rest to come on Friday. Thank you for listening!!
Photos by @jennafruit
Nick Flessa‘s new ten-song album “A Different Kind Of Energy” is out Friday, April 17th! You can check out the new single “Ira Louvin’s Inner Child” now wherever you stream your music, and pre-order the album on vinyl at ABR’s website!
The project’s third single, “Ira Louvin’s Inner Child,” follows up the previous singles “Medicine Hat City Slogan” and “The Terror, The Traitor and The Tastemaker,” and is named after the late country singer whose harmonizing act with his brother in The Louvin Brothers became one of the most influential groups of the 1950s. The song serving as a tribute that traces the emotional contours of Louvin’s life.
You can head to ABR’s bio for links to stream “Ira Louvin’s Inner Child” and to pre-order “A Different Kind Of Energy” on vinyl :)
Credits:
Pedal Steel - J.D. Carrera @jdavidcarrera
Guitar - Nick Flessa
Engineering/Mix/Production - Neil Wogensen @neil__w
Mastering - Daniel Eaton @little_castle_sound
Album Artwork by Logan Criley @logan_criley
Album Layout by @jeremyleasureart
The Terror, The Traitor and The Tastemaker is now available on all streaming platforms.
The second single from my upcoming instrumental record A Different Kind of Energy, the track achieves some of my favorite moments from this session and record (accomplished by the band recording live, with some room for improvisation).
It’s a song about grief and spiritual warfare, wherein fear, betrayal and the commodification of good taste all become shattered.
Please also see the lovely write-up/review in @magnetmagazine for a more in-depth discussion.
Credits:
Pedal Steel - J.D. Carrera @jdavidcarrera
Drums - Ross Chait @total_heat_music_account
Viola - Nicki Chen @viola.wav
Guitar - Nick Flessa
Bass - Gina Segall @_____gina_____
Engineering/Mix/Production - Neil Wogensen @neil__w
Mastering - Daniel Eaton @little_castle_sound
📸 by Mario Luna @_marioluna
Label - Anxiety Blanket Records @anxietyblanketrecords
It’s the year of the horse. Announcing “Medicine Hat City Slogan,” the first single from my ten-song instrumental record, A Different Kind of Energy, out April 17 2026 on @anxietyblanketrecords .
We recorded this album last year shortly after the fires in Los Angeles. The motivation to get it into the world helped guide me through an otherwise challenging 2025.
For a more extended discussion about the song and record, check out the write ups on @earmilk@americanahighways@chorus.fm .
Credits:
J.D. Carrera - Pedal Steel @jdavidcarrera
Ross Chait - Drums @total_heat_music_account
Nicki Chen - Viola @viola.wav
Nick Flessa - Guitar
Gina Segall - Bass @_____gina_____
Engineered/Mixed/Produced by Neil Wogensen @neil__w
Mastered by @little_castle_sound
Album Artwork by Logan Criley @logan_criley
Thank you @ch_ris6456@mojiezo_@austinleonardjonesmotel@forzaweston
Second single, tour dates and pre-order coming next month. Thanks for listening. Love to all during these relentless times. 🧡
“Leena” is screening May 21st downtown at LA Live. The film is based on a true story, written by Erica Valencia; acted by Anais Franco and John Bradford; and scored and edited by Nick Flessa. I’m so grateful for the humanity they all brought to this project. ❤️ link in bio for more info/tickets
SHORT FILM PROGRAM 21-B, May 21st
WORLD PREMIERE
7:00pm
May 21st Regal Cinemas / L.A. LIVE 1
Squeegees has been a band for a while. We started the project six or seven years ago, I don’t fully remember. A different time. The intention, if there was any, was to blow off steam and claim the title of “least ambitious music project in town.”
Present day, we’re playing @zebulonla this Wednesday 4/30, in celebration of our second album, produced by @trevorcoleman93 and to be released by @steadyhandrecords aka @total_heat_music_account that same day. @louiscaved and @adronical , both brilliant, are also performing.
If you’re reading this and are around that night, I hope you can make it. If you can’t, or don’t want to, that’s okay too. The real point is that I love making music with these people ✌️
📸 @mojiezo_
Squeegees celebrate their iconic second album, Squeegees on Ice, out April 30th on Steady Hand Records.
They’ll play songs like “To a Horndog” and “Bottom of a Ditch” from the new record, with opening sets from fellow seekers of reality Adron and Lou & Co.
FFO The Shaggs, Felt, Tori Kudo, loyalty, depth, sleeping in, walking around all day. prank texts, taking your time, feeling good.
🖼️ by @alexbulli
#steadyhandrecords #squeegeesband
Thanks so much for listening to The Politics of Personal Destruction! I’m grateful for the support.
It’s been fun to see the artwork as a small piece of the LA landscape this past month. Ephemeral and fleeting, in the lineage of Angelyne and others, existing in the world outside the doom scroll.
Billboard locations:
Western Ave & Beverly Blvd
Eagle Rock Blvd & Corliss St
Monte Vista & Ave 52
Cypress Ave & Loosmore St
Melrose Ave & N Edgemont St
Temple St & Rosemont Ave
These are up through the weekend! If you manage to take a photo and tag me in a story while they’re still around, I will send you a record. Otherwise you can listen online or purchase via @anxietyblanketrecords
📷 @forzaweston@lamaradvertisingcompany
