Superfan Releases Debut Album ‘Tow Truck Jesus’

Today, Superfan, the alias of Kali Flanagan formally known as KALI, releases his debut album Tow Truck Jesus via Nettwerk. Written between the Falls of 2022 and 2023, Tow Truck Jesus captures Flanagan undergoing Hormone Replacement Therapy and coming of age as a young man chronologically through its 11 songs. In growing contrast to the softer, airy pop rock of his prior work as KALI, Tow Truck Jesus finds Flanagan embracing his own reinvention head-on, with his voice settling into a gravelly lower register as well as finding comfort in young adulthood and his relationship with himself and love.

Throughout the album, Superfan’s personal reflections are written into songs that bare all like raw nerves, bravely telling the story of his own coming of age with a sense of wisdom that feels many years removed from its events. These stories, including previous singles “Twilight Living,” “When You Come To LA,” “Your Desire in Food,” “Sewn Up and Handsome,” “75 Germany,” all of which form the core of Flanagan’s album. To commemorate the album’s release, Superfan will be performing a string of live shows this July in NYC, San Francisco and LA with support from Quiet Light, Operelly, Autobahn and more.

Superfan has been the driving force behind his music, serving as singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer simultaneously. On Tow Truck Jesus, he embraces a new approach, drawing inspiration from the challenges and feedback of former collaborator Tony Berg and working with producer Gabriel Wax (Soccer Mommy, Adrianne Lenker). He opted to restrict himself to a single instrument during the songwriting phase and gradually build out the songs. The results are raw and stripped-down songs that amplify his exceptional voice and lyrics, anchored by the levity of the album’s title, which stems from a shared jest between Flanagan and his father, Patrick, who joked that when the hitch of a tow truck is raised, it resembles a cross. The new music features overdriven detuned guitars and Casio keyboards with a charming likeness to the intimate indie rock of the 2000s.

Stream Tow Truck Jesus above, find upcoming live dates below, and stay tuned for more Superfan coming soon.