Little by Little...

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", 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."

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. 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.

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.

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes.

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
Various	September 20, 2005	Self-released (Harvey Danger's website)	BitTorrent
	September 27, 2005		DD
United States	April 1, 2006	Skrocki Records (SKR007)	LP
	July 25, 2006	Kill Rock Stars (KRS471)	2xCD

External links

• Harvey Danger's official site, including a Studio diary