Burnside Project
| Company type | Musical group |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Richard Jankovich |
| Defunct | 2024 |
| Headquarters | New York City , United States |
Area served | United States, Japan |
Key people | Richard Jankovich, Gerald Hammill, Paul Searing |
| Products | Electropop and indie rock music albums |
| Website | www |
Burnside Project was an electropop and indie rock ensemble based in New York, composed of members Richard Jankovich, Gerald Hammill, and Paul Searing.
In 2000, Jankovich independently launched the debut self-titled album Burnside Project, which attracted attention from various record labels, including Bar/None, with whom he signed in 2002. Critics characterized the album as an unusual fusion reminiscent of DJ Spooky combined with Paul Westerberg. This release was remastered and reissued by Fraga Records in 2007.
Their first album under Bar/None, The Networks, the Circuits, the Streams, the Harmonies (2003), received widespread airplay on college radio stations across the United States, notably gaining significant rotation on Seattle’s KEXP. It earned an A− rating from SPIN and was featured on Rolling Stone’s “Hot List.” Additionally, this album was nominated for the Shortlist Music Prize by Cameron Crowe.
The track "Cue the Pulse to Begin" was selected as the theme song for seasons four and five of the American television show Queer as Folk, winning a BMI Cable Award in 2005. The single also reached the top 10 on Japanese radio following the release of Networks through Sony/DefSTAR in 2004, which led to a tour in Japan during that summer.
Their subsequent album in 2005, The Finest Example is You, included singles such as "And So It Goes" and "One to One." Entertainment Weekly commended it as “excellent indications of indie rock’s future direction.” The group discontinued live performances after April 2006.
On September 9, 2016, Burnside Project unveiled their fourth studio album, Syntax and Semantics, distributed by Bar/None Records.
Towards the end of 2022, digital releases of previously unreleased remixes were made available.
In 2023, KID Recordings issued a 20th anniversary edition of The Networks, the Circuits, the Streams, the Harmonies, featuring nine unreleased tracks and remixes. This collection included a cover of Electronic's "Getting Away With It" alongside "He Never Knew The Benefits Of Caffeine (Sack International Remix)," reinterpreted by Grammy-winning producer Peter Wade Keusch (MNDR), WFMU DJ Duane Harriott, and music supervisor Alec Deruggerio.
In December 2023, Paul Searing, a founding member of the band, passed away unexpectedly.
Discography
- Studio albums
- Burnside Project (2000 / Remastered 2007)
- The Networks, the Circuits, the Streams, the Harmonies (2003)
- The Finest Example Is You (2005)
- Syntax and Semantics (2016)
- The Networks, the Circuits, the Streams, the Harmonies - 20th Anniversary Reissue (2023)