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MESSY CHECKERS®
● DEBUT LP · CHECKMATE2026

MESSY
CHECKERS®

A BAND OF MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS FROM MELBOURNE. DEBUT ALBUM SHIPS NOV 2026.

LIVE · ONE AFTERNOON ONLYALL AGES
SUNDAY 30 AUGUST1:00PM – 4:00PM

ALBUM PRE-RELEASE LISTENING PARTY

ULTRA CULTURE ↗3A Talbot Street, Brunswick VIC

Messy Checkers play two songs live, then Arlo takes us behind the record: the stories, the sounds, and where the whole thing came from.

Bring the family. Ultra Culture are running their pop-up kitchen all afternoon: burgers, drinks, a place to sit.

  • TWO SONGS LIVE
  • BEHIND THE RECORD WITH ARLO
  • BURGERS + DRINKS BY ULTRA CULTURE
  • ALL AGES · FAMILY WELCOME
  • PRE-ORDER ON THE DAY
Checkmate album cover
JANGLY · LEAD SINGLE · 1:27

JANGLY

RECORDED BY ARLO GREEN
★ THE PRESSINGONE PRESSING

180 G

180 G · GATEFOLD · BLACK SLEEVE
Messy Checkers — thermal portrait 1 of 2
Messy Checkers — thermal portrait 2 of 2
MESSY CHECKERS · MELBOURNE · 2026
★ ARTWORK & PHOTOGRAPHYPHOTOGRAPHY · ATONG ATEM
CHECKMATE artwork — a taped Polaroid of Arlo with a Stratocaster on a warped checkerboard
CHECKMATE · ARTWORK
CHECKMATE artwork — Arlo cross-legged above a lit chessboard on a green grid
CHECKMATE · ARTWORK
Arlo seated in a yellow chair beside a wooden chess set, backlit by a curtained window
ARLO · MELBOURNE
Arlo reclining in a yellow chair beside a wooden chess set
ARLO · MELBOURNE
BIO

THE MESSY CHECKERS ARE A BAND OF MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS WHO ARE RECORDING THEIR DEBUT ALBUM FOR RELEASE ON THE NOVEMBER 2026.

ROCK · POST-ROCK · JANGLY POP · PUNK
RELEASE IN
67DAYS
23HRS
05MIN
NOV 2026
★ ALBUM180 G · GATEFOLD

CHECKMATE

SHIPS NOV 2026
MC DISPLAYSPECIMEN
ROCKPOST-ROCKJANGLY POPPUNK
MESSY · CHECKERS
CHECKMATE ·
KEY MCDISPLAY-REGULAR · AUTO 14 · SOURCE STUDIO
EIGHT HEADS · C-MAJORTAP A FACE

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