Nick Flessa Announces New LP | Shares ‘Medicine Hat City Slogan’
Los Angeles-based songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nick Flessa returns today with the announcement of new album, ‘A Different Kind of Energy.’
A fully instrumental collection, Flessa communicates volumes without uttering a word, conveying psychic landscapes of many latitudes. Dust is kicked up by roadhouse rangers where an antagonistic lead singer is perpetually just about to come on stage and start chastising the audience, but never makes it. Tormented outbursts nod to moments of tranquility with a thinly veiled disgust, and both keep trucking alongside one another. A layered and critical social commentary states its case with a gruffly muttered “no comment.”
To begin the journey, Flessa is sharing the lead single, ‘Medicine Hat City Slogan,’ out January 20, 2026. Cinematic, expansive, and heartfelt, the track subtly nods to Flessa’s background in film and literature.
“The title for this track, Medicine Hat City Slogan, corresponds with the album title; the city slogan of Medicine Hat (Alberta, Canada) is “A Different Kind of Energy.” My partner is from Alberta and her Dad is from Medicine Hat, which is in the Badlands region. I was charmed by the name of the town and the rough and tumble stories I heard about it,” Flessa shares.
“The composition is the first thing I wrote after moving part time to Wonder Valley, California. It’s a landscape song nodding to both landscapes. The soothing groove of the track and the harsher, more adventurous sections alternate back and forth. There’s a feeling of something steady and vast, rugged yet enchanting, with life roaring forward and then sinking back into a tranquil routine.
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