The Aftermath is a collection of songs released by comedy rock musician Jonathan Coulton in the "aftermath" of his Thing a Week project. It was originally intended to be Coulton's eighth studio album, but after John Flansburgh convinced him to start recording in a professional studio, Coulton decided to scrap the project and start anew for his next album, which later became Artificial Heart. Tracks 6âÂÂ9 were written and recorded as part of FRED Entertainment's "Masters of Song Fu" competition.