On Moving Day, Raleigh, NC based singer-songwriter Titchner significantly enhances his acoustic, strongly lyric-based folk-rock by expanding its palette, adding a full band in the classic guitar/bass/piano/drums format. Opener "Bad Bad Way"'s energetic propulsiveness clearly states this healthy desire for artistic growth. Titchner's predictably sensitive approach and earnest openness benefit considerably from the punch of his music's road rock arrangements -- an appropriate and timely move, considering his desire to craft strong material suitable for blasting out of a moving truck. It's not surprising, then, to find that standard Americana imagery like cars and the Road appear time and again in Titchner's lyrical visions. They supply the ever-present hope of escaping the unsatisfying and asphyxiating constrictions of the socially sanctioned way of life, a metaphor for individualism and freedom, a womb-like symbolic refuge for lovers who surrender to the urge to slip away into a world all their own, a poetic fantasy and extension of male identity. The upbeat drumming and uplifting piano and organ work stress the grandiose sense of fulfillment inherent in this worldview, a feature that becomes evident thanks to the epic, Counting Crows-style feel of tracks like "Burlington" and "Driveway". These preoccupations are more eloquently realized in the beautiful, moving "North Carolina Song". On the other hand, relationships (either flourishing or falling apart) and poignant social commentary are prominent on standout tracks like the heartbroken "Here's To Another Year" (whose touching piano intro is vaguely reminiscent of John Cale's beloved classic, "Antartica 1919") and the lucid "Dead End Job", a critical examination of the bitter, castrating hell of boring day jobs. Its rambling, "Penny Lane"-meets-Nino-Rota brass arrangement, intentionally or not, brings an unexpected touch of eccentricity to the song and offers a direction for future stylistic explorations -- a chance for Titchner to move beyond the overplayed conventions of the coffeehouse aesthetic.