Nick Flessa's first full-length LP.
A warbled reflection of the moon in knee deep water. It's cold and nobody is answering this voice that calls across the lake. A polluted breeze creeps through an overpopulated municipality where the living resign to death drives. Electric wires and underground economies. Power hums through generations. Hatred oozes from a heartland fuck house bought cheap as a family home. A promise and hope of escape through love makes the case for a tug of war. What is inheritance? Desperation and suicidal emptiness in the misogyny of an American traditional. Dreaming about black phone screens and what we do for them. Sentimental without actually believing in sentimentality. Nostalgic without reference to any past.
What's the difference? The march of pain rolls on, plundering everything in sight. Repression surfaces like lightning on a dead road.The possibility of occasional reconciliation hangs around when nights are good. Somewhere distant, the mirage of a dog by the fireplace or what could have been safety from the holidays.
Videos:
Warning - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp4meZiTMsk
Glendale - www.youtube.com/watch?v=orhS2Se3gz4
Michigan - www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Vy8o3btVM
credits
released July 27, 2018
All songs by Nick Flessa, except:
Glendale (Michael Abitz and Nick Flessa)
Let Her Go (Traditional)
Henry Green (Michael Abitz, Seth Blake and Nick Flessa)
There is Mercy (Nick Flessa and Lucy LaForge)
Michael Abitz - Percussion on all tracks
Susanna Battin - Guitar on 2, 4 and 5. Voice on 4 and 5
Seth Blake - Bass Guitar on all tracks
J.D. Carrera - Pedal Steel on 1, 3, 6 and 10
Nick Flessa - Guitar and Voice on all tracks
Lucy LaForge -Voice on all tracks except 2 and 8
Adam Snider - Guitar on 6, 7 and 9. Jaw Harp on 7
Richard Valitutto - Piano on 3, 6 and 10
Neil Wogensen - Synth on 4, 5 and 8
All musicians generously contributed their own arrangements
Mastered by James Plotkin
Artwork by Susanna Battin
Engineered and Produced by Neil Wogensen
Recorded in Los Angeles, CA 2015 – 2016