The Human Project – Origins

UK technical punk act The Human Project will hook fans of A Wilhelm Scream, The Shell Corporation, Samuel Caldwell’s Revenge or Darko within their opening chords.  The Leeds four-piece harnesses the blistering power of fast, loud melodic punk rock and deploys it as a vessel for their salient political ideologies.  Their first full length, Origins, makes for thirty minutes of non-stop, technically aggressive anthems that are sure to leave listeners gasping for air and contemplating their social standing.

The Human Project’s in-you-face attitude places their blatant populist rooted ideals front and center.  Songs like “Tragedy Of The Commons” call out elitist politicians and commoners alike as riffs slide and fingers fly across metal-tinged guitar solos.  “There is no future if we don’t compromise,” soars the band’s lead vocalist in an attempt to appeal to reason within a polarized political system.  The band’s collective vocal harmonies command authority in the clean yet forceful melodic delivery of tracks like “Origins” and “Anti-Pathetic” and flourish in the explosive throaty contrast of tracks like “No Brainer.”

Clocking in at just over thirty minutes, the band opts for a non-stop balls-to-the-wall approach that skeptics might dismiss as a lack of variation but that fans will eat up citing The Human Project’s commitment to killer punk rock.  Origins knows no middle ground or pacing outside of full speed ahead.  The height of tracks like “One God Further” seem to make a personal campaign out of layering the album’s most harmonious vocals over a backdrop of combative yet perfectly coordinated musicianship.

Fans of technical punk will absolutely eat up Origins.  The Human Project pumps out eleven tracks chalk full of the anthems that political punks crave.  While Origins’ simplicity means their inevitable follow-up will need to get creative, as a debut, Origins ignites the spark that will deservedly put The Human Project on the technical punk map.  Well worth checking out.