Flumergex is pleased to announce our second album release of 2026: the new album of alternative electronica, Car Advertisements.
Friends, we’re excited because this is possibly our most accessible music yet. These synth-pop-tastic electro beats are quite possibly the sounds that will really put Flumergex on the map, yo (I mean, maybe? you never know).
Yes, perhaps you are a superfan and you thought you had in your mind a well-defined conception of the trademark Flumergex sound: but we beg to respectfully remind you O best beloved that in our retconned definition, to “Flumergex” is to “merge within a state of flux,” thus when you begin to explore the Flumergex sound itself, you find that our musical style and our production methods are in a neverending state of flux, so that we offer listeners a surprising, exciting, constant musical exploration.
Inspired by an online course on sync licensing, Jesse worked on writing, producing, and recording the 18 songs of Car Advertisements for two full years, from the Spring of 2024 through the Spring of 2026. There were some adventures in there for sure! Possibly the best bit is that towards the end Jesse set up a camera and filmed the production process for parts of several songs. Here is some of the edited sort of “how-to and tutorial” type footage we have put together from those sessions.
Track Listing
All right! Do you have the new album streaming in the background yet? You can get that going while you read the rest of this.
The tracks on Car Advertisements are:
- Cooling – Instrumental. Intentionally short for a TV spot, this one has a super-cool drum synth groove, a suspenseful clean guitar and pad that resolves to bright and cheery resolution at the end.
- I Want More – Instrumental. Fast! This rip-roaring rocker embodies the concept of Car Adverisements. It’s all here: the swirling arpeggios, the catchy lead lines, the funkalicious percussion, and that hard-hitting heavy guitar riffs on the low end.
- Super Swagger Strut – Instrumental. This is the music that plays in the background while you swagger and strut your awesome stuff down the avenue, the master of all you survey, dressed well and looking good, admired by all (yes, you are even admired by the haters: they’re just jealous, yo).
- Rebelling Against Conformity – Instrumental. Another super peppy uptempo guitar-backed EDM number. Features industrial-pop drums pounding away over gritty synth sounds; a distorted electric guitar just sort of hanging in the background; a very funky bass line that was, yes, played on a real electric bass guitar; some ridiculously fast synth loops; and sound design effects from a wacky analog synthesizer. Stay awesome! Give it a listen!
- Heating – Instrumental. Intentionally short for a TV spot, this one is very chipper and positive sounding with a simple friendly down-home guitar riff, a bouncy beat that builds over the course of the song, and concludes with a synth statement with a silly enough sound that it’s fun for the whole family.
- The Freedom to Live – Instrumental. This moderate-tempo electronica is very groovy, with syncopated drums, propulsive bass, and many layers of lilting synthesizers sequenced and looped.
- Together Now – with vocals.
- Obstacles We Overcome
- Duct Work
- Party Down
- Friendly Competition
- You Are So Fun
- Satisfaction Guaranteed
- We Are Heroes Today
- Shiny New Confidence
- Platonic Love, Baby
- Ventilation
- Say You’re Sorry