{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Anthropocosmic Nest | type = studio | artist = The Messthetics | cover = Anthropocosmic Nest.jpg | alt = | released = September 6, 2019<ref>{{cite web|last=Shteamer|first=Hank|title=Song You Need to Know: The Messthetics, 'Better Wings'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/messthetics-better-wings-fugazi-870527/|publisher=Rolling Stone|date=August 13, 2019|accessdate=October 3, 2019}}</ref> | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Experimental rock, progressive rock, art punk, jazz fusion, post-hardcore | length = {{Duration|m=37|s=}} | label = Dischord Records | producer = | prev_title = The Messthetics | prev_year = 2018 | next_title = The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis | next_year = 2024 }} '''''Anthropocosmic Nest''''' is the second album by The Messthetics.<ref name="stereogum">{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|title=The Messthetics – "Better Wings"|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2050684/the-messthetics-better-wings/music/|website=Stereogum|date=July 10, 2019|accessdate=October 3, 2019}}</ref> Unlike their debut album, which was recorded after having only been together for a short while, this album was recorded after a great deal of touring.<ref name="stereogum"/> Guitarist Anthony Pirog estimates the band played about 200 gigs and therefore had a chance to perform the songs live for a while before recording them.<ref>{{cite web|last=Baines|first=Huw|title=Meet Anthony Pirog, the virtuoso guitarist exploring improv noise in The Messthetics|url=https://guitar.com/features/interviews/anthony-pirog-the-messthetics-fugazi/|website=Guitar.com|date=September 5, 2019|accessdate=October 3, 2019}}</ref>

==Reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/anthropocosmic-nest-mw0003301836 |title=The Messthetics: Anthropocosmic Nest |first=Mark |last=Deming |website=AllMusic |access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Exclaim!'' |rev2score = {{Rating|9|10}}<ref name="exclaim">{{cite web |last=Khanna |first=Vish |title=The Messthetics / Anthropocosmic Nest |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/the_messthetics-anthropocosmic_nest |website=Exclaim! |date=September 5, 2019 |accessdate=October 2, 2023}}</ref> |rev3 = ''Spectrum Culture'' |rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="spectrum">{{cite web |last=Cober-Lake |first=Justin |title=The Messthetics: Anthropocosmic Nest |url=https://spectrumculture.com/2019/09/10/the-messthetics-anthropocosmic-nest-review |website=Spectrum Culture |date=September 10, 2019 |access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref> }} In a review for AllMusic, Mark Deming called the album "a must for anyone with a taste for music that's smart, challenging, and exciting," and wrote: "''Anthropocosmic Nest'' pushes the trio's boundaries on all sides... The three musicians... [have] created a greater shared language and the conversation is richer, more potent, and more deeply rewarding" in comparison with their debut album.<ref name="allmusic"/>

Justin Cober-Lake of ''Spectrum Culture'' stated that, although the album "runs just a touch too long," it "finds new ways to blend a hard rock rhythm with more outre approaches to jazz guitar." He commented: "With ''Anthropocosmic Nest'', the group solidifies who they are. While each members' past remains a considerable part of the trio's context, the Messthetics are becoming an entity distinctly their own."<ref name="spectrum"/>

''Exclaim!'''s Vish Khanna noted that, on the album, the musicians outdid their debut "simply by getting to know each other a lot better." He described the recording as "dynamic, revealing a patient, thoughtful approach to songwriting, which, beyond exhibiting the band's musical proficiency, is a real signifier of genuine friendship and trust."<ref name="exclaim"/>

Writing for ''Dusted'', Jennifer Kelly remarked: "All three musicians play very well, and they've obviously gotten more intuitive and engaged with one another. But it's too much skill and too little viscera for my taste."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/187647261142/the-messthetics-anthropocosmic-nest-dischord |title=The Messthetics — Anthropocosmic Nest (Dischord) |first=Jennifer |last=Kelly |date=September 11, 2019 |website=Dusted |access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref>

A writer for ''PBS 106.7FM'' stated that the album "perfectly captures the trio's current live dynamic, complete with improvisational tangents, playful experimentation, and cathartic sprawl."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbsfm.org.au/news/messthetics |title=The Messthetics |date=October 29, 2019 |website=PBS 106.7FM |access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref>

Caleb R. Newton of ''New Noise Magazine'' called the album "a captivating musical adventure" and "a gripping little glimpse of a new universe to be explored," featuring "wild rhythms that are sometimes jazzy and sometimes noisy," with "pieces [that] consistently come together with a stunningly smooth power."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newnoisemagazine.com/interviews/a-captivating-musical-adventure-the-messthetics |title=A Captivating Musical Adventure: The Messthetics |first=Caleb R. |last=Newton |date=September 24, 2019 |website=New Noise Magazine |access-date=October 2, 2023}}</ref>

The album was featured in Bandcamp's "The Best Punk on Bandcamp" for September 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Best Punk on Bandcamp: September 2019 |url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/2019/09/30/best-punk-on-bandcamp-september-2019 |website=Bandcamp |date=September 30, 2019 |accessdate=October 3, 2019}}</ref>

==Track listing== # "Better Wings" – 5:03 # "Drop Foot" – 3:47 # "Section 9" – 3:09 # "Scrawler" – 2:39 # "The Assignment" – 0:42 # "Pay Dust" – 2:27 # "Pacifica" – 3:43 # "Because the Mountain Says So" – 4:48 # "Insect Conference" – 1:36 # "La Lontra" – 2:46 # "Touch Earth Touch Sky" – 6:17

==Personnel== *Joe Lally - Bass *Brendan Canty - Drums *Anthony Pirog - Guitar

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==External links== *[https://dischord.com/release/189/anthropocosmic-nest ''Anthropocosmic Nest''] at Dischord Records *[https://themessthetics.bandcamp.com/album/anthropocosmic-nest ''Anthropocosmic Nest''] at Bandcamp

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