Anyone remember that song “Flagpole Sitta” from the 90’s by Harvey Danger?

Okay, that was an easy one.

How about their critically acclaimed (but criminally overlooked) sophomore album “King James Version” that followed in 2000?

Still with me?

Do you recall their self-released “pay what you want” online experiment “Little By Little” that pre-dated the very similar, but waaaaay more publicized stunt of Radiohead’s “In Rainbows?” (and if you paid for a physical copy, you got a bonus disc!)

Okay, you may have had to google that one.

Harvey Danger enjoyed a cult-following after their hit single came and went in 1998. The on-again-off-again relationship rolled bumpily along before the band called it quits for good in 2009 with their aptly-titled farewell “The Show Must Not Go On”.

With “Make Good Choices”, Sean Nelson releases a collection of recordings that began during Harvey Danger’s first hiatus in the early 2000’s and ended sometime during their second (final) break. With it are 13 songs that will sound familiar to longtime fans as Nelson’s signature singing style and wit are as present as ever. The lead-off track “The World Owes Me a Living (And I Intend to Collect)” wouldn’t sound at all out of place on a Harvey Danger record. It’s definitely the punchiest of the bunch with its big fuzzy bassline driving things along. “Creative Differences” defiantly steals lyrics from The Band, Simon & Garfunkel and Neil Young but refuses to play along. (give it a listen and you’ll understand). Perhaps best of all is the somber, twangy “I’ll Be The One” which puts Nelson in uncharted sonic territory.

Fans of his earlier material will enjoy the opportunity to hear a different side of Nelson’s songwriting as he’s evolved considerably from his fuzzy post-grunge roots. Meanwhile, a few bones are thrown in terms of familiar sounding songs (such as “The Price of Doing Business”).

“Make Good Choices” took nearly ten years to assemble. Hopefully we won’t have to wait ten more for a follow-up.