Yardwork started as a recording project to manifest the positive energy of Thomas Shelburne Berkau II. Having mastered 0 instruments at the early age of 24, Thomas began fleshing out songs on washing machines, high quality sauce pans, and steering wheels. After learning how to play the drums like and intense child, he then learned the "A" chord on the guitar. This opened a realm of indescribable musical possibility. His new project somehow caught the ears of a talented young boy named Derek Whycoff of the Naked Gods.