Incongruent: Hank's album with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers (2013)
project history · status: completed · last event: milestone (2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied)) · last mentioned: 2025-01-31
Hank planned a new album with YouTube and wizard rock musicians in autumn 2013 and finished the fourteen-song record, Incongruent, with his band Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers in March 2014. It was released in May 2014 and became a hit on the iTunes charts.
Told alongside: Tour Because Awesome 2014 edition: Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers' western US tour after VidCon
About: YouTube, Wizard rock, Nick Jenkins, Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge, Andrew Huang
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-06 | proposed | Hank announces he will work on a new album in October and November with favorite YouTube musicians and probably wizard rock musicians, aiming for a more cohesive sound. | Undigested Lump (A Song) 00:02:47 |
| 2013-11-15 | milestone | Hank reports recording of the album he proposed is under way with Nick Jenkins, Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge and Andrew Huang; he kind of has a band for the first time. | I Have a Band? 00:00:28 |
| 2014-03-28 | milestone | Hank says he has finished the fourteen-song album with his new band Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers; release expected at the end of April or in May. | New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! 00:02:33 |
| 2014-04-18 | milestone | Hank says his band's first album is called Incongruent, will come out at the end of April or beginning of May, and is available to pre-order at DFTBA.com. | What is The Oldest Song? 00:03:17 |
| 2014-04-25 (said on 2014-04-26, implied) | milestone | Hank announces Incongruent's official release date, May 7 on iTunes, with physical copies shipping from the DFTBA warehouse a little earlier. | I Love Science (Clean Version) (Uncensored link in the Description) 00:02:28 |
| 2014-05-06 | milestone | John says Hank's album Incongruent comes out tomorrow, so today is the last day to pre-order a signed copy (link in the doobly-doo); it will also be on iTunes tomorrow. | TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People 00:01:05 |
| 2014-05-09 | outcome | Hank announces Incongruent is officially released and available on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and DFTBA Records; the clean version ships a couple of weeks late. | Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography 00:01:52 |
| 2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) | milestone | John congratulates Hank on his album being a huge hit on the iTunes charts. | Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets 00:03:49 |
| 2014-09-16 | looked back | Asked to review Hank's album, John playfully calls it Hank's best album to date, with the Perfect Strangers' punk energy, and gives it five out of five stars. (playful) | It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains 00:02:34 |
| 2025-01-31 | looked back | Hank recalls that for his last album, Incongruent, Paul and Joe DeGeorge, Rob Scallon and Andrew Huang came out to record with Shmed, who added many tracks and weird ideas. | Thanks, Shmed 00:00:29 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
17 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) — announcement: Hank says he will work on a new album in October and November, helped by favorite YouTube musicians and probably some favorite wizard rock musicians. (hedged) — 00:02:47
- 2013-09-06 · Undigested Lump (A Song) — Hank wants the new album to be more musically cohesive and energetic, blending genres rather than putting punk rock next to polka. — 00:03:06
- 2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — announcement: Hank is making the album with some of his favorite musicians: Nick Jenkins (who films, edits and directs Crash Course Chemistry), Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge of Harry and the Potters, and Andrew Huang of Songs To Wear Pants To. — 00:00:23
- 2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — Hank says recording is going really well; the musicians are really talented and he is really lucky to work with them. — 00:03:03
- 2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — announcement: Hank says the album will have some songs viewers have heard and some they haven't, and they will be covering some songs. — 00:03:07
- 2013-11-15 · I Have a Band? — Hank says he kind of has a band now, which he has never had before. (hedged) — 00:03:09
- 2013-11-22 · How to Apologize like a Fartbag — Hank is still in the studio, where banjo is being tracked for one of his albums, something he never expected. — 00:00:01
- 2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — announcement: Hank says he just finished his album: fourteen songs with his new band Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers (Hank, Andrew Huang, Rob Scallon, Joe DeGeorge). — 00:02:33
- 2014-03-28 · New Album, New Channels, New Fabric, New Internet Thing! — announcement: Hank says the album should come out at the end of April or in May, barring unforeseen circumstances (he first misspeaks 'March'). (hedged) — 00:02:55
- 2014-04-11 · What Boys Look For in Girls — announcement: Hank says the song at the end of the video is "Marilyn Hanson", which will be on his new album, coming out in less than a month. — video description
- 2014-04-18 · What is The Oldest Song? — announcement: Hank announces that Incongruent, the first album of Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, will come out at the end of April or beginning of May; he jokes it won't matter in musical history. — 00:03:17
- 2014-04-25 (said on 2014-04-26, implied) · I Love Science (Clean Version) (Uncensored link in the Description) — announcement: Hank says the song is the first track of Incongruent, his album with Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers, officially out May 7 on iTunes and shipping from the DFTBA warehouse a little before. — 00:02:23
- 2014-05-06 · TFIOS Movie Madness, Incongruent, and Headless Hotel People — John: Getting 'Esther Day-y', John says listening to the album reminded him what a great musician Hank is and that he admires Hank and how he goes about his work. — 00:01:18
- 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — announcement: Hank announces Incongruent is officially released, on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon and DFTBA Records, where physical copies also come with a download link. — 00:01:52
- 2014-05-09 · Oh JK Rowling - Kinetic Typography — announcement: Hank: Due to his own mistake, Hank says, the clean version will not ship from the warehouse for another couple of weeks; pre-ordered copies will be signed. — 00:02:05
- 2014-05-12 (said on 2014-05-13, implied) · Perfect Puff and Endless Interviews: Touring and Hollywood Press Junkets — ask: John congratulates Hank on his album being a huge hit on the iTunes charts and tells everyone to get it. — 00:03:49
- 2014-09-16 · It's Question Tuesday! Cheesy Jokes, Paper Towns Movie, and Dinosaur Butt Brains — John says it is Henry's second-favourite album, behind only the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars album. (playful) — 00:02:41