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MESS ESQUE + THESE GUY
SATURDAY February 12 will see a rare live performance from Mess Esque in The Bunker at The Imperial Hotel Eumundi, supported by Brisbane-based These Guy. Mess Esque is the musical vision of Dirty Three guitarist Mick Turner and McKisko composer Helen Franzmann. Since forming via a lockdown-confined correspondence in 2020, they have recorded and released two records. Together they create a curious synthesis of dream pop, psych soul and ethereal indie rock. Effortlessly balancing bold emotional immediacy with a quietly assured sense of composure, Mess Esque draw the listener into their compelling world of sideways shadows and nocturnal projections. While ongoing restrictions have hindered and postponed live performances in their journey so far, 2022 sees Mess Esque finally
able to recreate these special songs in the concert setting. The results will no doubt be as captivating and mesmeric as they appear on record. Mess Esque play dates across Australia this Feb/March, followed by a US tour in May, including a coveted slot at Wilco’s Solid Sound festival. Supporting Mess Esque are synth-pop quartet, These Guy – comprising multiinstrumentalist and songwriter Joe Saxby, Josh Coxon (aka Simi Lacroix) on guitar, Eddie L’Estrange on drums and Durwin Anderson on bass. Hailing from Brisbane via Canada, These Guy will be playing songs from their latest release and third full length album A Long Winded Story.
THE PRICE OF WOMEN PURSUING AN IDEAL THE often fraught relationship between women and their bodies is the subject matter for Objectify, an exhibition by North Arm artist Tracy Muche-Williams. “Western society holds appearance and image as increasingly more important than our inner self,” Tracy said. Using images of corseted women from 1800’s fashion plates (the Instagram of the times), Tracy represents the restrictions and rules society places on women’s lives and bodies. “These representations of idealised images can create a distressing gap in the
reality of who we are and who we want to be,” she said. Using assemblage, collage and lithography, the exhibition explores ways of letting go of these illusory selves in order for a woman to accept her own true self. Objectify is on show at the Pomona Railway Station Gallery from February 5 to March 3. The gallery at 10 Station Street Pomona is open 10am-4pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am-2pm Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets: $20 via Oztix. 18+ event Saturday 12 February. Doors open at 7.30pm. The Bunker, Imperial Hotel Eumundi.
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