New music and illustration artist Messy Eater releases 90s US indie influenced anthem ‘I’m A Mess Right Now’, the second single from debut ‘Starters’ EP, on Nutritious Sounds on 22 November.

Messy Eater is the brand new music and illustration project from Pete Bott, whose previous projects Deuce & Charger, Heads We Dance and Arkley have been supported by NME, The Guardian, Notion and BBC Radio 1.  

Taking its cues from Odelay-era Beck, ‘I’m A Mess Right Now’ starts with a slow, retro drum machine and sampled clavinet groove.  The lyrics have a dry humour commenting on the realities of life: “I’m just skin and bones with a bubblegum brain / waiting here for the gravy train / but it ain’t coming anytime soon”.  The song then fully kicks-in with an anthemic, 90s US indie-style chorus with roomy, live drums, fuzzed-up slide guitar and crowd vocals singing the lyric: “I’m a mess right now but that’s cool, that’s fine / I’m a mess right now, aren’t you?”. 

Growing up on a diet of mixtape culture and genre-agnostic electicism, Messy Eater lives in a world of "anything goes" melodic songwriting and kaleidoscopic sampledelica.  Drawing comparisons with Gorillaz, Beck, Talking Heads and The Avalanches, Messy Eater combines the flavours of wry lyrical observations on modern life with irresistible hooks and a unique self-produced sound.

The debut Messy Eater single, ‘Feels Good’, was described as “vibrant sonic cuisine... boundary-dissolving alchemy” (Sinusoidal Music) and "mixtape culture meets genre-bending songwriting... with irresistible hooks" (Lost In The Manor).

‘I’m A Mess Right Now’ is the second track from Messy Eater’s forthcoming debut EP ‘Starters’.