Flashy is the fifth album by Detroit rock band Electric Six, released on October 21, 2008, through Metropolis Records. The album was accompanied by a music video for track "Formula 409", which appeared online on July 30, 2008. A claymation video for the track 'Making Progress' was also released.

Artwork

The album artwork is taken from a painting called Hellcat by Detroit-based artist Ron Zakrin, who also created the artwork used for the band's previous album I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me from Being the Master.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tyler Spencer; all music composed by Spencer except where noted.

CD version

LP version

Side One

Side two

"Gay Bar Part Two" is a response to the band's fame stemming from "Gay Bar". The line "soft steaming shits demanding Gay Bar Part 2" is an indication of resentment over their most popular and often only song they are recognized for. Many people pushed the band to write 'another Gay Bar' and none of their later work was as successful at breaking into the mainstream. The song also features references to the band's other songs "Danger! High Voltage", "There's Something Very Wrong with Us, So Let's Go Out Tonight", "Be My Dark Angel" and "She's White".

Personnel

Charts

Sexy Trash

The band promoted Flashy in the US, the UK and Spain on their Hitting the Walls and Working the Middle tour. A 30 track album of demos and previously unreleased material, titled Sexy Trash, was released and made available at those shows. The 30 tracks contain demos, B-sides and rarities, covering the band's career from 1996 to 2007, and the album also includes brief liner-notes from lead singer Dick Valentine. While initially only available at gigs making up Flashy's tie-in tour in the United States, it has subsequently been sold in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain as well as at later gigs by the band and as a reward for pledgers of their Kickstarter project campaigns. The title of the album comes from a track on the band's fourth album I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me That Restricts Me From Being The Master.

Track listing

All tracks recorded as Electric Six, except where otherwise stated.