"Imagine Elliott Smith driving in a convertible, the wind flying through his hair, singing about sadness and somehow creating joy enough to forget his troubles for a while."
-The Onion

Jeremy Messersmith is one of the best songwriters in Minneapolis, but nobody knows it yet. That will change soon I hope.
-Dan Wilson (Warner Brothers Recording Artist)

Unabashedly drawing on the melodic and lyric creativity of Brian Wilson, Minneapolis' Jeremy Messersmith has created a small EP of no minor consequence. Self-produced recordings demonstrating such simple, cohesive beauty are immensely rare. Messersmith aims high on his content and production and seems to consistently hit almost every mark. For those of us still attached to our old tape machines, Messersmith's 'Paper Bag EP' is perhaps the best defense I've yet heard for the power and quality of clever, low-budget digital recording and production.
-Andru Bemis (Ground Vinyl Recording Artist)

He's the reincarnation of Elliott Smith, but add some Beach Boys and a little bit of Eels, and just his own heartbreaking melancholy, and you've got it. Beautiful songwriting.
-Polly Paulusma (One Little Indian Recording Artist)