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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Discografia
21 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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All The Stars and Boulevards
Pop/Rock - Lançado por Epic em 6 de set. de 2005
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Yourself Yesterday: A Rarities Collection
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Plated Records em 19 de ago. de 2022
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Live (Recorded from a Livestream Event)
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Plated Records em 19 de mar. de 2021
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Can't Love, Can't Hurt
Pop/Rock - Lançado por Epic em 29 de abr. de 2008
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Life Imitating Life
Rock - Lançado por Razor & Tie em 22 de abr. de 2014
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Playlist: The Very Best Of Augustana
Rock - Lançado por Epic - Legacy em 31 de jan. de 2012
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Boston EP
Rock - Lançado por Epic - Legacy em 5 de set. de 2006
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Stars and Boulevards EP (Live)
Rock - Lançado por Epic - Legacy em 6 de set. de 2005
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Okay / / Lies
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Plated Records em 21 de ago. de 2020
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Something Beautiful
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Independent em 6 de out. de 2023
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Everyday an Eternity: Solo Piano Works
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Plated Records em 20 de mai. de 2022
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Stand On My Own
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Independent em 4 de ago. de 2023
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Remedy
Alternative & Indie - Lançado por Plated Records em 20 de jan. de 2022
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Sweet and Low (Live at Sweetwater Studios)
Pop/Rock - Lançado por Epic em 22 de jul. de 2008
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For Now, Forever / / The Heart of It
Rock - Lançado por Plated Records em 23 de ago. de 2019
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