So Aaron Sprinkle branched out from under the wings of Poor Old Lu.
He was the guitarist for the band. His first attempt on his own
is a mighty effort. With the start of his solo career. He has
decided to go a different direction. I would describe Moontraveler
as a unique style of rootsy folk pop.

I had no problem at all connecting with this album. Albums like
this one are always a comfort to listen to. Every song has a dreamy
way of sucking you in. Every time I hear the chorus "Standing in the
shadows of what you were waiting for" on A Friend I Had. I get the
feeling Aaron is really singing from the soul. The thing that is so
striking about with this album. Is that it has a crafty way of
leaving me, deeply affected without much effort. It's sometimes
almost haunting, just listening to the rhythm of most of the songs.
I can just vision Aaron sitting in a chair with an acoustic guitar.
Listening to some Tom Petty on the stereo. Writing a song and not
realizing how the rhythm of the Tom Petty song. Is affecting the
song that he is writing at that very moment.

It's so refreshing to hear Aaron out on his own. This is an odd
exception, where someone breaks off from an earlier band, and
either creates a product. That is as good or better then the work
he did in the band that gave him his name. Aaron really shines on
this effort. There is no denying the immediacy and appeal of most
of these songs. That are chalk full of memorable hooks and choruses.
The pity is that most people will never even hear this album.