Messa in Van Wreck; Fundraiser Launched
The good news is everyone came out of it alive. The bad news is that Italian genre-melding rockers Messa were in what looks to have been a pretty serious van crash while on their way home from tour, and members have had to be hospitalized with surgery ordered. Earlier this year, the band released their 2LP third album, Close (review here), through Svart Records to a wash of praise, and they’ve set to work supporting it live ever since.
A GoFundMe has been launched. It’s linked below, but if you want to skip the whole story, here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-messa
I don’t know what healthcare is like in Italy, but I assume that like almost everywhere, it’s better than in the US in terms of the financial burden put on the patient. Still, the costs incurred will be significant, from things like physical therapies to Ace bandages — plus from the look of things they’re going to need a new van — so yes, give them your monies. Hell, even if it’s just to lift spirits, a little bit won’t kill you. Once they get over the shock of the thing, they’re going to need all the support they can get.
Their post:
Trigger warning: accident
Yesterday night after the last show of our tour we got in a car crash.
Another driver coming from the opposite direction went straight at us on our lane and impacted with us frontally.
The whole crew is alive, the van is destroyed and some of us will have to undergo surgery. We are okay, but it will take us some months to recover fully. More updates will come soon.
If you want to support us during these hard times, you can buy our records via Bandcamp or donate here to help for everything we’ll have to go through:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-messa (link is in bio too)
We probably won’t be able to answer all of you, but we do appreciate and cherish each and every thought for us.
The relief of hearing the live voices of us all, checking on each other’s state while in the van right after the accident, is something that will not fade away easily.
Much love to you all. To better days,
Messa, Otto, Matteo
https://www.instagram.com/messa_band/
https://www.facebook.com/MESSAproject
https://messa666.bandcamp.com/
http://www.auralwebstore.com/shop/index.php
www.svartrecords.com
www.facebook.com/svartrecords
www.youtube.com/svartrecords
