Miss Esque is a new duo comprised of Australian musician Mick Turner (Dirty Three) and Brisbane based singer-songwriter Helen Franzmann. According to the press release, In 2019, he was introduced to Helen through a mutual friend who’d produced the last McKisko album, the name Helen has worked under over the past 12 years, making records and touring regularly. With a plan to get together and make a record, they sent ideas back and forth – but when everything else happened instead, they continued to collaborate from a distance. In mutual isolation, a true correspondence took flight, electrifying in the air between them. Helen rode the drift of Mick’s tracks, a dazzling brew of guitars, organs, bass and drums. Her singing altered their meaning, which inspired Mick to make revisions, for Helen to respond to again. And so the music grew.
They have announced the self-titled full-lenght which will be out on October 22nd via Drag City. Check the new excerpt called “Sweetspot“.