Originally Posted by FoolThemAll

There's some nice story-like songs set to the sound of acoustic rock in Brian Vander Ark's solo album Resurrection. He is the lead singer of that band The Verve Pipe, which had one big hit with "The Freshman" (actually, that's a bit of a story song there as well). It's solid, catchy music with clever and cliche-free lyrics. Same goes for Verve Pipe material, but I recommend Resurrection first because it is my favorite of the VP/BVA albums.