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
20 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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All The Stars and Boulevards
Pop/Rock - Pubblicato da Epic il 6 set 2005
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Yourself Yesterday: A Rarities Collection
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Plated Records il 19 ago 2022
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Live (Recorded from a Livestream Event)
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Plated Records il 19 mar 2021
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Can't Love, Can't Hurt
Pop/Rock - Pubblicato da Epic il 29 apr 2008
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Life Imitating Life
Rock - Pubblicato da Razor & Tie il 22 apr 2014
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Playlist: The Very Best Of Augustana
Rock - Pubblicato da Epic - Legacy il 31 gen 2012
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Stars and Boulevards EP (Live)
Rock - Pubblicato da Epic - Legacy il 6 set 2005
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Okay / / Lies
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Plated Records il 21 ago 2020
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Something Beautiful
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Independent il 6 ott 2023
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Everyday an Eternity: Solo Piano Works
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Plated Records il 20 mag 2022
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Stand On My Own
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Independent il 4 ago 2023
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Remedy
Musica alternativa e indie - Pubblicato da Plated Records il 20 gen 2022
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Sweet and Low (Live at Sweetwater Studios)
Pop/Rock - Pubblicato da Epic il 22 lug 2008
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For Now, Forever / / The Heart of It
Rock - Pubblicato da Plated Records il 23 ago 2019
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