Probably Nothing, Possibly Everything by Pat the Bunny

Pat the Bunny, performance name of Pat Schneeweis, released this full length in 2014 I think, but now that I am doing record reviews again, I will review the hell out of it. Pat is in my opinion one of the top two songwriters in the folk-punk subgenre; I consider Jesse of Days N Daze his only real equal. Pat is that good. And his singing is astonishing in power. I sometimes call him the Hank Williams of folk-punk; he has that same heartfelt delivery, wedded to a brutal honesty about himself that is almost shocking.

Pat has in the past struggled with addiction. Sometimes drugs or alcohol kills creativity, sometimes they fuel it. With Pat it doesn't seem to make a difference. This album by a sober Pat is just as powerful as the earlier material. The lyrics here remind me of Tony Adolescent in his Abandoned period.


1. I'm going home 02:28
2. The hand you reach out is empty, as mine is 02:34
3. I'm not a good person 02:54
4. We were young once 02:13
5. Run from what's comfortable 02:57
6. Take me by the hand and lead me through this disaster 01:55
7. Make total destroy 02:50
8. We don't get tired, we get even 03:17
9. The club hits of today will be the show tunes of tomorrow (cover) 01:11
10. A glorious shipwreck 03:59

Track one is amusing because it contradicts the song about never coming home again that he released with his old band Ramshackle Glory -- yet it expresses the same discomfort with people and a desire to get the hell away from them! The sad, hopeless nihilism in track two leaves me almost speechless (almost). In track three he eviscerates himself publicly as not the sort of person you should associate with. Pat is an anarchist, and this album is full of smashed windows, hated prisons, and yearning for something better, see track eight for his feelings about society.

Track 10 is an anarchistic monster, full of teeth and unsuccessfully held in fury. It is the most powerful song on the album. It is breathtaking.


http://patthebunny.bandcamp.com/album/probably-nothing-possibly-everything