Augustana
Augustana's music is the heartland equivalent of Coldplay and Keane, with a touch of mid-'90s adult alternative throwback (think Counting Crows or the Wallflowers) also peppering the band's rootsy, piano-based rock. Although based in California, the group formed in southern Illinois in 2002, while singer/keyboardist Dan Layus and guitarist Josiah Rosen were studying contemporary Christian music at Greenville College. The band's original lineup also included bassist Simeon Lohrmann, second keyboardist David Lamoureaux, and drummer Kyle Baker. This lineup released a pair of self-distributed CDs -- the full-length Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays and the EP Mayfield -- in 2003, but the conservative climate of Greenville College proved to be too confining for the band's two co-founders. Choosing music over academia, Layus and Rosen left Greenville for Los Angeles in 2004, jettisoning the rest of the band and re-forming with a new lineup that included keyboardist John Vincent, bassist Jared Palomar, and drummer Justin South.
The reformulated Augustana signed with Epic Records in 2005 and released their major-label debut, All the Stars and Boulevards, in September of that year. A slow starter, the album gradually rose to national attention on the strength of "Boston," a heartfelt ballad that was featured on an episode of Scrubs in early 2006. To encourage this increase in Augustana's popularity, a limited-edition reissue of the album (with extra songs and video content) was released in September 2006. By the following year, All the Stars and Boulevards had finally made its way into the Billboard Top 40 -- a whopping 19 months after its initial release. Augustana then returned in 2008 with a new lineup (Josiah Rosen had left the band for a solo career in early 2006, only to be replaced by guitarist/mandolin player Chris Sachtleben) and a new album, Can't Love, Can't Hurt. More rootsy than the band's debut, Can't Love, Can't Hurt produced a pair of modestly successful singles and sold 400,000 copies worldwide. It also laid the foundation for Augustana, the band's self-titled third album, which appeared in 2011 and featured an even more rootsy, anthemic sound. Producer Jacquire King, the man behind Kings of Leon's breakthrough album Only by the Night, oversaw the project.
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Diskografie
21 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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All The Stars and Boulevards
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Epic am 06.09.2005
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Yourself Yesterday: A Rarities Collection
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Plated Records am 19.08.2022
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Live (Recorded from a Livestream Event)
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Plated Records am 19.03.2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Can't Love, Can't Hurt
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Epic am 29.04.2008
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Life Imitating Life
Rock - Erschienen bei Razor & Tie am 22.04.2014
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Playlist: The Very Best Of Augustana
Rock - Erschienen bei Epic - Legacy am 31.01.2012
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Stars and Boulevards EP (Live)
Rock - Erschienen bei Epic - Legacy am 06.09.2005
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Okay / / Lies
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Plated Records am 21.08.2020
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Something Beautiful
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Independent am 06.10.2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Everyday an Eternity: Solo Piano Works
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Plated Records am 20.05.2022
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Stand On My Own
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei Independent am 04.08.2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
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Sweet and Low (New Album Version)
Rock - Erschienen bei Epic am 04.03.2008
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Sweet and Low (Live at Sweetwater Studios)
Pop/Rock - Erschienen bei Epic am 22.07.2008
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For Now, Forever / / The Heart of It
Rock - Erschienen bei Plated Records am 23.08.2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo