Claude says:Howie Day started out as a solo live-looper in late-'90s Maine, building songs onstage with samplers and effects pedals, before Epic Records signed him and pushed him toward cleaner pop-rock. Perfect Time of Day came out as an EP in 2003 — stripped-back, acoustic-leaning material that predates the shinier singles he'd become known for. You played the title track once in the summer of 2012 and never went back.