Southern California's Dangers represent a balance of heaviness and intelligence found in very little hardcore music today. Comparisons are pointless as the group neither strives for originality nor imitation. They just play music they feel should aid the topics they have written about. Dangers' previous record 'Anger' seemed to revolve around the ideas of cathartic resolution through mediated aggression. The band seemed to be aching to get across their views and judgements on a world gone awry. 'Messy, Isn't It' takes a different approach. Rather than trying to force their ideas upon the listener Dangers just lets them be known. The instrumental side of 'Messy, Isn't It' is also an improvement in similar ways. 'Anger' relied on tracks that were diverse, but pretty strict when it came to song structure. 'Messy, Isn't It' blends a penchant for untraditional song structures with a more sophisticated style of heaviness. The change in the musical side of Dangers is unsurprising as the line-up has shifted a few times since 2005's 'Anger,' most notably is the inclusion of Justin Smith of Graf Orlock fame on lead guitar.