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Project 86 - …And the Rest Will Follow

 

	RELEASED: September 27th, 2005 PRODUCER:Garth Richardson LABEL:Tooth and Nail BAND: Andrew Schwab Randy Torres Stephen Dail Alex Albert
+ Unique sound, Great songwriting, Raw production - Unorthodox sound might turn off some	TRACKS: 1.Sincerely, Ichabod 2.All of Me 3. Doomsday Stomp 4.Something We Can’t Be 5.Subject to Change 6.Necktie Remedy 7.My Will Be a Dead Man 8. From December 9. The Hand, The Furnace, The Straight Face 10.…And the Rest Will Follow 11.Cavity King 12.Wordsmith Legacy

OVERVIEW

Ever since my friends and I found Project 86 and their nu-metal masterwork “Drawing Black Lines” in 2000, they’ve been a guaranteed heavy hitter in my stereo and a band that can (generally) be counted on to crank out one hard rockin’ album after another.  So it’s no surprise that I jumped on this CD the day it came out, loved it, cranked it over and over again, and still do crank it quite a bit.
But lest you think your faithful reviewer is just worshipping a band that he dug as a teenager, I’ll clarify somewhat on exactly why this is one of the best hard rock releases of ’05 that kicks the crap out of 90% of what made radio.  After releasing the bitter, mediocre Songs To Burn Your Bridges By in 2003, I was fearing the worst for this band – surely the mighty Project hasn’t run out of steam?  That album mostly sounded like outtakes from their superb 2002 opus Truthless Heroes, and as the release date got closer and closer, I was hoping that they could somehow belt a home run, a slam dunk in the face of all the critics and fans like myself that thought the band had run its course and was fresh out of ideas and good songs.
Well, look at that, I got my wish.

   “And The Rest Will Follow” largely eschews the verse-chorus rock format of their previous two albums for a more art-rock twist, somewhat like a mixture of P86’s older material and Jason Gleason-era Further Seems Forever, and their songwriting is significantly stronger as a result.  The whole band sounds like they’re finally being allowed to flex their creative muscles, and the results, more often than not, are fresh, unique, and erase any doubts that this band is out of gas.

SONGS

“Sincerely, Ichabod” is the kickoff track here, and is easily one of the heaviest that P86 has penned in quite a while – this one just begs for crowds chanting along during the anthemic chorus.  “All of Me” is noticeably more upbeat and major-key, but is still a great rocker, and “Doomsday Stomp” is a great 6/8 romp with a seriously infectious chorus.  “Something We Can’t Be” is a slower, more spacey number that’s somewhat similar to a shorter Tool song, which leads into the speedy “Subject to Change” with another great call-and-response chorus.  This brings us to one of my personal favorites, “Necktie Remedy”, a darker song with a truly savage chorus, and then up comes the second single “My Will Be A Dead Man”, which is good, just not great, and certainly not a good indicator of all that P86 is capable of.  “From December” is another great song that sounds like it’s lamenting the death of a loved one, which sets you up perfectly for the kick-in-the-face punkish rocker “The Hand, The Furnace, The Straight Face”.  The title track, “…And the Rest Will Follow” is more of an interlude than a real song, but right after it we have “Cavity King”, which is an odd-timed song that simply explodes when the chorus hits.  “Wordsmith Legacy” sends the album out with a bang with more rock – none of that ballad-to-finish-the-record stuff here.

CONCLUSION

Superb, precision-crafted hard rock from a great band that’s criminally underrated.  It may never see radio airplay, but if you’re getting sick of formulaic top-40 rock stuff or just like well-done, unorthodox hard music, this album is a must buy.  Of course, if you’re a Project 86 fan, that goes without saying.

Review by Matt Rewinski

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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