About me

Paul Messis is a singer-songwriter based in West Sussex UK.

He has been recording and releasing material under his own name since 2008 and currently has records out on three great record labels - State Records ,13 O' Clock Records and most recently his own label Market Square Records.

Paul records his tracks at Sandgate Sound Studios, in the idyllic seaside village of Sandgate, Kent.

Paul plays an authentic style of 60s garage music, incorparating elements from the Michigan Teen-Scene, New England Teen-Scene and also the West Coast Folk-rock and Psychedelic Scenes, this triad of 60s regional sounds within the "garage" idiom is Messis' base work and musical vibe - If you're familiar with the above "sounds" then you will surely dig his music.

The rain of the English South Coast is a huge influence too, the beach and sea also, but not like some So-Cal fable of blue skies and golden sands - we're talking drift wood, desolation. and grey cloudy skies here, y'know?

Songs about the woes of being an angry young man, living in a dull and mediocre 21st century UK which is continuously going down the toilet day-by- day.

Messis writes songs set against a cultural backdrop of dub-step, hip hop and wimpy indie led drivel, his main weapons against these musical crimes are, melody and harmony, emotion and rage. Paul's songwriting aims to combat this maddening dilution of the senses by writing music which deal with real-to-life themes such as unrequited love, rejection, dissilusionment, depression, isolation and outcastment, drawing from his own life experiences he shares this in his songs.

Messis' music is underneath the so-called "underground" music scene, so if you want to dig that little bit further past all the dead carcass and mud, you may indeed find you've struck some pure oil or gold, it's black and dark down there but it's good all the same.... regardless of your opinion, Paul has written a large body of consistently good sounds and maintained his integrity whilst doing it.

Paul doesn't NEED or WANT your accolade, give it to a band who want to make money, he just ask's you to give the music a try and you may dig it.

CASE CLOSED!

Take a look through this website and try to enjoy what you see and hear, you MAY just like it.

Paul is not on any social-networking sites... so don't bother finding him on there, you can contact him via this webpage.

Paul is a fully independent artists which means he has NO Management deals, NO Booking Agency, NO Promotional Backing, NO Phoney Contract, NO Desire For Money or Fame PLUS upholds a completely D.I.Y ethic.