James Brandon Lewis & The Messethetics- Deface The Currency

Label: Impulse!

Released 2/20/2026

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - Deface The Currency / The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis announce their second collaborative album, Deface The Currency, on Impulse! Records. This new album preserves the tightness and variety of their critically-acclaimed self-titled debut album, but reveals new levels of confidence and risk over seven tracks. Deface The Currency - a statement of vigor, sensitivity and spontaneity- is a result of the band playing 150 shows together in one year. More than any earlier statement by the band, Deface The Currency seamlessly melds the sounds that make up it's collective DNA, from punk rock to free jazz and funk, balancing compositional precision with palpable improvisational fire.

Track listing:

1. Deface the Currency
   
2. Gestations
   
3. 30 Years of Knowing
   
4. Rules of the Game
   
5. Universal Security
   
6. Clutch
   
7. Serpent Tongue (Slight Return)