Mess Esque, the heavenly duo of Helen Franzmann and Mick Turner, release their much awaited third record Jay Marie, Comfort Me out now. Their East coast tour dates are in full swing, further info below. Jay Marie, Comfort Me is a bold third missive from Helen and Mick, building out the Australian duo’s handmade, openhearted soul into new dimensions with the help of live band members Keeley Young and Kishore...
Mess Esque, the heavenly duo of Helen Franzmann and Mick Turner, descend from their altostratus with a new single! ‘Let Me Know You’ is out today with a music video from Denny Ryan. With no guitars or drums anywhere in sight, just keyboards twinkling in stark space, Mess Esque assume an improbable new form on ‘Let Me Know You’: the celestially curious star child, caught in the unfamiliar weight of...
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...
Today, bewitching new duo Mess Esque release their self-titled full-length album alongside feature track ‘Wake up to yesterday‘, via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. Featuring music and instruments by Mick Turner and words and voice by Helen Franzmann, Mess Esque coalesce from ripples of guitar and shudders of emotion into the bumps and grooves of songs with biological inevitability. Mick Turner’s aquatic guitar moods are met where they live and breathe by the vocals and dream imagery of Helen Franzmann aka McKisko,...
Mess Esque, the newly minted duo of Mick Turner and Helen Franzmann, have been mixing up the medicine for their second single ‘Jupiter‘, taken from their forthcoming self-titled album out Friday 22 October via Milk! Records / Remote Control Records. For a new band it really helps to have a hit single, so this new radio friendly unit shifter remixes one album cut, reshaping it into a smoldering, cascading indie ballad! Mick and Helen say...
Just in time for the world that’s coming are a bewitching new duo – Mess Esque releasing their self-titled full-length album on Milk! Records / Remote Control Records on October 22nd. Featuring music and instruments by Mick Turner and words and voice by Helen Franzmann, Mess Esque‘s self-titled new album restlessly wanders through a series of intimate dialogues. Helen lives in Brisbane; Mick in Melbourne. Mick’s played guitar for years, collaborating with loads of talented others; he’s perhaps best known as one-third of Dirty Three – though...
