Little by Little… by Harvey Danger

Little by Little..., Harvey Danger's third and final studio album, came out on September 13, 2005, and it trades the band's old guitar crunch for the piano. The wiry indie rock that owed debts to Weezer, Nirvana and Pavement gives way to something more considered, with Steve Fisk producing and Michael Welke, on his only album with the band, taking over the drums from original drummer Evan Sult alongside Sean Nelson, Jeff Lin and Aaron Huffman.

Critics warmed to the pop polish, even if the band's brainy wordplay split the room, and "Cream and Bastards Rise" gives the new approach some bite. It turned out to be their last album of brand-new songs, with only the rarities set Dead Sea Scrolls and one final song, "The Show Must Not Go On", still to come.

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