Mess Esque is an Australian duo who sound like they literally dreamed themselves into being, made up of Helen Franzmann (McKisko) and Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Tren Brothers). The two enjoy moving at an unhurried pace, but what: here’s their third album in less than five years! Jay Marie, Comfort Me releases March 28, 2025 — the lead single ‘Take Me To Your Infinite Garden’ is out today with a music video by Charlie Hillhouse. Watch below!
On ‘Take Me To Your Infinite Garden’, Mess Esque attack the eternal enigma of knowing, and the need to know, with waves of mounting compulsion. Jay Marie, Comfort Me feels a hemisphere away from Mess Esque’s first efforts, and a whole new atmospheric level above. One with an edge… rocking, we daresay! Along with Keeley Young and Kishore Ryan from the live band, the album features cellist Stephanie Arnold and a couple of Australia’s living legends of percussion: Bree van Reyk and Mick’s ol’ Dirty Three partner-in-crime, Jim White.
Jay Marie, Comfort Me reaches exciting new heights in the Mess Esque journey, propelling their uniquely twisted aural circus to a new level of danceability, exaltation and effect. Mess Esque push themselves into more vivid states of being — and therefore, us — on March 28, 2025.
Stream / download ‘Take Me To Your Infinite Garden’ here.
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