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Any Forgotten Thing is the second and latest CD by the acclaimed songwriting and performing team of Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson, known collectively as Hungrytown. This collection, featuring twelve original tracks, was recorded entirely in the couple s home studio on a break in their heavy touring schedule.
These deceptively simple compositions many of which get mistaken for traditional ballads may sound bright and breezy at first listen, but most of the songs touch on themes of loss or disillusion-ment. The opening track, a slow, majestic waltz entitled Year Without a Summer, is set in 1816, one year after a disastrous volcanic eruption that caused some parts of the northeastern United States, already prone to cold winters, to be snowed upon every month. The story is about a young girl in trouble whose lover, conveniently enough, promises a springtime wedding. Never Realized, with its pulsating retro-pop sound and catchy guitar hooks, advocates for trying to get what you want out of life, in spite of the many forces around us militating against it. In the poignant, harmonica-driven title track, a forgotten person begins to feel like something thrown away. Calliope is a haunting carnival ride of regret over past choices. By contrast, the ironically-titled Make it All Work Out is an upbeat, tongue-in-cheek harmonyfest warning against the dangers of complacency in a world that celebrates mindless consumerism. In Under a Broken Sun, mournful harmonica and close harmonies entwine to suggest that those living closest to the edge are the easiest to push off. The album closes with a stunning Appalachian-style a cappella ballad entitled The Sweetest Flower.