Little by Little...

Little by Little...
Little by Little...
Studio album by Harvey Danger
Released	September 13, 2005
Recorded	January 8–24, 2005
Studio	Robert Lang (Shoreline, Washington); Soundhouse Recording;
Genre	Indie rock; alternative rock; power pop;
Length	37:48 (original); 39:03 (Kill Rock Stars release)
Label	Phonographic; Kill Rock Stars (2006 re-release)
Producer	John Goodmanson; Steve Fisk;
Harvey Danger chronology
Harvey Danger studio album chronology
Singles from Little by Little...
	"Cream and Bastards Rise"; Released: November 8, 2005; "Little Round Mirrors"; Released: October 10, 2006;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Alternative Press	^[5]
The A.V. Club	positive^[6]
Consequence of Sound	C−^[7]
Melodic	^[8]
Paste	positive^[9]
Pitchfork	6.9/10^[10]
PopMatters	7/10^[11]
Stylus Magazine	C−^[12]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[13]

Little by Little... is the third and final studio album by Harvey Danger. It is the band's first and only album with drummer Michael Welke, replacing the band's original drummer Evan Sult.

Release

The album was released on the band's own Phonographic Records label on September 13, 2005. The CD version featured a second disc of B-sides and outtakes in deluxe packaging. In an effort to "embrace the indisputable fact of music in the 21st century",^[14] the band made the album available as a free download via BitTorrent and on the band's website. They pointed out that "it’s important that people understand the free download concept isn’t a frivolous act. It’s a key part of our promotional campaign, along with radio and press promotion, live shows, and videos. It’s a bet that the resources of the Internet can make possible a new way for musicians to find their audience – and forge a meaningful artistic career built on support from cooperative, not adversarial, relationships."^[14]

On April 19, 2006, the band announced on their MySpace blog that the album had been picked up by Olympia-based label Kill Rock Stars for nationwide release on July 25, 2006.^[15] The re-release's track listing, song order, and album art is different from the Phonographic Records release. The band did some limited touring to accompany the release.^[16]

Album and song titles

The album title is taken from a quote by Melvyn Douglas's character Homer Bannon in the 1963 film Hud: "Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire."

The title of the song "Cream and Bastards Rise" is a quote by Paul Newman's character in Harper (1966). "Happiness Writes White" is a maxim first put forth by French writer Henry de Montherlant.

"The Piano Lesson" features someone attempting to play Beethoven's "Für Elise" before switching to Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer."

"Wine, Women and Song" is the first line of "Villanelle of the Poet's Road" by Ernest Christopher Dowson.

Track listing

All songs written by Aaron Huffman, Jeff J. Lin and Sean Nelson.^[17]

Phonographic Records release (2005)

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wine, Women, and Song"	3:15
2.	"Cream and Bastards Rise"	3:17
3.	"Moral Centralia"	4:27
4.	"Little Round Mirrors"	5:15
5.	"Happiness Writes White"	3:09
6.	"Incommunicado"	2:16
7.	"Cool James"	3:26
8.	"What You Live By"	3:04
9.	"War Buddies"	4:25
10.	"Diminishing Returns"	5:13
Total length:		37:48

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Missed It"	4:29
2.	"Picture, Picture"	3:32
3.	"Cream and Bastards Rise" (writing snippet)	0:57
4.	"Elvis, I Don't Love You Anymore"	3:02
5.	"Cold Snap"	4:29
6.	"Little Round Mirrors" (writing snippet)	1:47
7.	"Moral Centralia" (demo)	5:25
8.	"Cream and Bastards Reprise"	4:25
9.	"The Piano Lesson" (hidden track)	0:32
Total length:		28:38

Kill Rock Stars release (2006)

Disc one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wine, Women, and Song"	3:15
2.	"Cream and Bastards Rise"	3:17
3.	"Moral Centralia"	4:27
4.	"Little Round Mirrors"	5:15
5.	"Happiness Writes White"	3:09
6.	"War Buddies"	4:25
7.	"Cool James"	3:26
8.	"Picture, Picture"	3:32
9.	"What You Live By"	3:04
10.	"Diminishing Returns"	5:13
Total length:		39:03

Disc two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Missed It"	4:29
2.	"Elvis, I Don't Love You Anymore"	3:02
3.	"Incommunicado"	2:16
4.	"Cream and Bastards Rise" (writing snippet)	0:57
5.	"Cold Snap"	4:29
6.	"Little Round Mirrors" (writing snippet)	1:47
7.	"Moral Centralia" (demo)	5:25
8.	"Cream and Bastards Reprise"	4:25
9.	"The Piano Lesson" (hidden track)	0:32
Total length:		27:22

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes.^[18]

Musicians

Harvey Danger:

Aaron Huffman – Bass, guitar, design
Jeff J. Lin – Guitar, piano, string and horn arrangements
Sean Nelson – vocals
Michael Welke – drums

Additional musicians:

Rachel Bowman – Backing vocals
Jacob Hoffman – Backing vocals, French horn
John Roderick – Guitar
Greg Powers – Trombone
Steve Creswell – Viola
Phil Peterson – Cello

Production

John Goodmanson – Production, engineering, mixing
Steve Fisk – Production, engineering, mixing, ARP
Justin Armstrong – Assistant engineering
Scotty Crane – Assistant engineering
Greg Calbi – Mastering
Ed Brooks – Mastering
YTJE – Artwork
Ryan Schierling – Photography
Erik Speckman – Encoding and IT

Release history

Release history for *Little by Little...*
Region	Date	Label	Format	Ref.
United States	September 13, 2005	Phonographic Records (Phono 02)	2xCD	^[19]
Various	September 20, 2005	Self-released (Harvey Danger's website)	BitTorrent	^[20]
Various	September 27, 2005	Self-released (Harvey Danger's website)	DD	^[20]
United States	April 1, 2006	Skrocki Records (SKR007)	LP	^[21]
United States	July 25, 2006	Kill Rock Stars (KRS471)	2xCD	^[15]

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^ "September 2005 News Archives". www.harveydanger.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2005. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
^ "*SKROCKI RECORDS* news". skrockirecords.com. April 1, 2006. Archived from the original on June 21, 2006. Retrieved February 1, 2023.