Squeeze closes the loop on songs they first started writing as teens

About this episode

The episode discusses Squeeze's latest album, which features songs written by the band members during their teenage years.

The English rock band's latest album, Trixies , consists of material Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook wrote when they were 19 and 16 years old. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

Topics covered

• music
• rock band
• songwriting
• album release
• teenage years

Keywords

• Squeeze
• Trixies
• Chris Difford
• Glenn Tilbrook
• rock music
• songwriting
• album

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Squeeze

Books & works: Trixies

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