This is the thrilling conversation you've been waiting for by Harvey Danger

This is the thrilling conversation you've been waiting for by Harvey Danger from their 2000 album titled, "King James Version". Harvey Danger was formed in 1994 by Sean Nelson, Jeff Lin, Aaron Huffman, and Evan Sult, all students at the University of Washington in Seattle at the time. The band's first album, Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?, was originally released in 1997 by the independent Arena Rock Records. It was rereleased on a major label in 1998, which led to the massive success of the single "Flagpole Sitta".

However, other singles failed to make an impact, and Harvey Danger faded from the mainstream music scene as quickly as they had arrived. The band's second album, King James Version, which elaborated on the brash, literate post-grunge/indie rock hybrid of the first record, was released in 2000. Though regarded by many fans as superior to its predecessor, it went virtually ignored, the band already having been branded "one hit wonders".

Disappointed and dropped by their record label, the band broke up in 2001 and the members shifted their focus to other projects. Some of this activity (most notably Nelson's stint with The Long Winters and as-yet-unreleased collaborations with Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie) helped to get them involved in the indie rock scene that had so obviously influenced their music (especially King James Version).

In 2004, the band (minus drummer Evan Sult, who had moved to Chicago and joined Bound Stems) got together for a 10th anniversary show. Shortly thereafter, they decided to make the reunion permanent. They played a few more shows, with Ira Elliot of Nada Surf filling in on drums. In early 2005, the band entered the studio with longtime producer John Goodmanson to record their first album in five years. Mike Welke was tapped as the band's new drummer. The band's third album, Little by Little..., was released in 2005, with the band taking the unusual decision to allow their entire album to be freely available for download on their website.

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