This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Pop music doesn’t have to be instantly forgettable pap aimed at an audience of pubescent sheep.
Singer-songwriter Todd Hunter, thankfully, takes a higher road on his band’s engaging and thoughtful full-length Remember. Skillfully balancing jangly guitars, bittersweet melodies, low-impact beats, contemplatively confessional lyrics and a warmly smoky voice similar to R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Hunter leads his musicians through a dozen impeccably crafted pop-rockers whose artistic maturity is matched only by their emotional sincerity. If you remember the days when pop music possessed both brains and heart, Hunter will seem like an old friend.
FILE UNDER: Mom and pop-rock.
TELLING SONG TITLE: So Much More.
