About MesstheticsAbout Messthetics #108

Mess+Aesthetics:

Between 1977 and 1983 hundreds of UK bands put out their own records and tapes - on the cheap and without apology.

With DIY punk and all that came before it, collided with DIY's aesthetic of making and sharing music without concern for popular success.

There's no common style, instead the music is united by wit, enthusiasm, musical risk-taking and a conspicuous lack of pose.

Except for a handful of Mods, hardly anyone put out records on their own, so the best documents of South Coast postpunk were a handful of excellent local compilations - and a raft of barely-circulated tapes - that account for a majority of the tracks here..."

Chuck Warner, Hyped2Death"