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Here Comes Everybody is a definite home grown project, with the trio (Rene Ormae-Jarmer, Michael Jarmer, and Justin Clarke) producing the project and composing all of the tracks (Rene the music, Michael the lyrics) but one (a passable cover of Gary Numan's "Are Friends Electric?"). Therein lies the strengths, and weakness of this project.

Here Comes Everybody is a keyboard/drum/bass combination, more out of the Ben Folds school than the Medeski, Martin & Wood neck of the woods. Michael handles the lead vocals in pleasant though undistinguishable voice. The compositions are pleasant enough; nothing really grating here (though "Found Something" comes really close) and at their best, on tracks like "Sing My Song" and "I've Got Time" there's a kind of McCartney-like feel, circa REVOLVER, that keeps things interesting.

There are a couple of problems here that are remediable and which I think will well be resolved on future releases. The vocals are somewhat pedestrian, though certainly not abysmal (and if you don't know the difference, turn on your radio); while they provide a cohesiveness to this project, they also lend a drabness to it. Here Comes Everybody needs to sharpen up their songwriting skills a bit in order to overcome this shortcoming, to provide a bit more of a changeup to the material as their work flows from song to song. 

Again, I don't think this is going to be a problem; there are occasional, if momentary, flashes of greatness, and even brilliance, on every track; they l eave one wishing for more. The band also needs to bring in someone to share production duties, just to bring a fresh set of ears to their next project in order to throw some new ingredients into the soup. This is done to good effect on this disc, where the addition of violin on "I'll Take My Chances" (a haunting standout that almost sounds like an early and lost Joni Mitchell composition) and "Good Things," and trumpet and flugelhorn on "Sunday" work wonders.

Here Comes Everybody needs a little time and effort to jell, but I think they're going to, based on the strengths of this release. This debut work is certainly worth a listen or two, and in spots is attention-grabbing. Give 'em time. We're waiting for the next one.