Back in the mid 00’s, The Messengers released an album that was pleasingly punchy but also lent a welcome sense of accessibility via its melodic punk sound. That self titled record harked back to the Tilt debut from ’94 and other great fare, and introduced the world to vocalist Shannon Wilson, a performer who clearly seemed destined for greatness. It was the sort of record that deserved the kind of success gained by The Distillers’ ‘Coral Fang’ and a couple of other releases around the same time, and yet it never seemed to garner more than a cult following.

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