I feel a little goofy posting this since the song I’m about to drool all over is by a local band whose roster includes one former and one current Stranger staffer. But then again, when has feeling goofy about something ever stopped me from doing it?

Exactly.

So I was just at Honeyhole grabbing a late lunch (Big Smooth, so good) and playing on their stereo was Harvey Danger’s latest album Little by Little. I haven’t listened to it in many months, but I was reminded of how much I do like this record. More importantly, though, I remembered how much I love the song “Little Round Mirrors.”

Listen to it. It’s amazing.

The fluid piano, that beautiful and proud French horn, and the delicate ba ba ba baaa’s that all come together in the song’s slow-build to a climax only to, minutes later, explode with starry guitar, more sweeping horns, and Sean Nelson’s voice that aches with just the right amount of conviction.

I do believe it might be the best song Harvey Danger has ever released. I really, really do.