Skegss - My Own Mess

Australia’s answer to FIDLAR, Byron Bay trio Skegss deal in short garage-punk blasts of the kind that usually come replete with a skateboard, a spliff and a weary sigh from your Mum. But though Skegss tick many of the classic shambolic boxes (songs that mostly clock in under three minutes? Check. An affinity with mosh-along three chord simplicity? Check), there’s something a little more self-aware going on in ‘My Own Mess’ than just a fug of drugs, booze and good times.

Opener ‘Up In The Clouds’ finds singer Ben Reed looking wistfully back on his life so far; ‘Road Trip’ documents the comedown rather than the high, while even hedonistic single ‘Smogged Out’ is set the morning after. Skegss might soundtrack the party, but they’re all too aware of the pitfalls.