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 a gravitational pull. Alone in a zone, Helen folkishly coos a few spare lines, taking us along on the first tender steps in guileless pursuit of desire. Dimensions flow past in an ever-fluxing sand painting, forming a gently glowing sonic haiku. Denny Ryan's video is just as gentle and intimate, looping Helen's gentle movements side-by-side to form a tableau in motion.

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 Ryan, cellist Stephanie Arnold, and percussionists Bree van Reyk and Jim White — Mick's ol' Dirty Three crewmate! Hear the whole Mess Esque thing on March 28, 2025.