Orphan Project - Entire new album streaming!

About Me

Orphan Project was conceived in November of 2001 in Abingdon, MD, when vocalist Shane Lankford approached John Wenger with an idea to create a concept album on physical and spiritual adoption. Thus, the process began to create a soundscape that could handle the lyrical depth of trying to find an identity that Lankford, himself being an orphan, was searching for. With influences such as Kansas, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Dream Theater, and U2, they released their debut album on Trinity Records entitled "Orphan Found" was completed in June of 2003, with production being handled by keyboardist Tony Correlli, and a live string ensemble arranged by Wenger. With the addition of several live musicians, they would also go on to play shows locally around their hometown. Between 2003 and 2005, the band was to go on hiatus, with Lankford lending his vocal talents to Trinity Records founder Rob Perez's band Visual Cliff, and himself and current Orphan Project bassist Bill Yost working on another project entitled "Fall of Echoes". In 2008, Orphan Project would reform and return to the studio to create a 19 minute EP entitled Orphan Project II, which would be a 4 song EP featuring three brand new originals, as well as a Pink Floyd cover. .

In summer of 2008, NePlusUltra Music would take interest in and sign the band on to release a new full length.
The band will release their new album, "Spooning Out The Sea" on June 30th

Orphan Project's material incorporates elements that fans of hard rock, progressive rock, metal, and even adult contemporary will be able to appreciate. Current band members consist of vocalist Shane Lankford, bassist Bill Yost, guitarist Shane McBride, drummer Tim Kehring, and keyboardist John Neiswinger.
*Check out Shane's own quest for his child! Go to http://lankfordorphanfound.blogspot.com to read about thier adoption journey! Or go to http://www.bethany.org if you are looking to either adopt or help out with supporting orphans everywhere in the world!!

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Member Since: 18/01/2005
Band Website: www.myspace.com/orphanproject
Band Members:

Shane Lankford - Vocals
Tim Kehring - Drums, Vocals
Bill Yost - Bass, Vocals
John Neiswinger - Keyboards, Vocals
Shane McBride - All Guitars

Orphan Project - Spooning Out The Sea - $12.99

You can get our past releases here at CDBABY.com or through PayPal ([email protected])

Influences: Dream Theater, Kansas, Rabin-era Yes, Peter Gabriel, Jorn/Ark/Masterplan, King's X, Journey, and alot of other good bands!
Sounds Like: Kansas meets Dream Theater meets U2...once you listen you can decide.
Record Label: NePlusUltra Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

"Spooning Out the Sea" is streaming for one week from our myspace

Abingdon, Maryland based Orphan Project have posted on their myspace page their entire new album, "Spooning Out the Sea". The album will be available to stream for one entire week (through May 21s...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:35:00 GMT

New Songs

We will be posting two brand new songs off of SPOONING OUT THE SEA around mid-week! Stay tuned!
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:16:00 GMT

New CD: Spooning Out The Sea details revealed

Abingdon, Maryland based Orphan Project have announced details on their upcoming full length album titled, "Spooning Out The Sea"."Spooning Out The Sea", is the bands first full length album since ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:10:00 GMT

Orphan Project signs with NePlusUltra Music: OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE

NePlusUltra Music is proud to announce the addition of Abingdon,Maryland's "Orphan Project" to it's roster. Orphan Project was startedin 2001, when vocalist Shane Lankford, collaborating with composer...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:29:00 GMT

New Garageband.com update for OP!!!

Hey OrFans, just want to let you know how we're doing outside the MySpace world. Orphan Found (the song) has hit 18 out of 189 tunes on the Modern Rock charts and "Angels Desire" has hit 66 on the Har...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 16:47:00 GMT

OP2 review 4

ORPHAN PROJECT II Orphan Project got its start in 2001 when vocalist Shane Lankford approached guitarist John Wenger (Mars Hill) with the idea of creating a concept album based around the themes of ...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:51:00 GMT

OP2 review 3!!!

Hey guys, just want to give some props to a good friend, Kaj Roth from www.melodic.net for his very kind and positive review of the OP2 Ep!!!! If you want to check it out...follow the link: http://www...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:11:00 GMT

Shane does interview for Rock Area.EU in Poland!!!

Hey OrFans, check out a review I did for Piotrek @ Rock Area.EU metal website in Poland! Here’s the link: http://www.rockarea.eu/readarticle.php?article_id=265 If you have any thoughts please fe...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:07:00 GMT

Garageband.com update!!!

Angles Desire will be the Garageband Track of the day for Modern Rock on Mar. 30! Also here are a couple of the initial reviews: Great song guys...lots of talent hereProduction sounds good...n...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:15:00 GMT

OP2 REVIEW!!! 2

Back Shane Lankford with the Orphan Project: The singer is the new host of Hardsounds pages with the new EP ’II’. The product is composed of three tracks + cover of "Another Brick In The W...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:55:00 GMT