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Augustana are a heartland equivalent of Coldplay and Keane, with a touch of mid-'90s adult alternative throwback (think Counting Crows or the Wallflowers) also peppering their mellow, piano-based music. Although based in California, the band 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 founders. Choosing music over academia, Layus and Rosen left Greenville for Los Angeles in 2004, jettisoning the rest of the band and reforming 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 the accompanying 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. ~ Andrew Leahey & Stewart Mason, All Music GuideMore

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Augustana
AugustanaCan’t Love, Can’t HurtBeginning before they were even “old enough to drin...
Songs: 26, Videos: 6, Playlists: 2, Blog Posts: 1, Polls: 0, Battles: 0

Most Popular Music Videos (3)

Sweet And Low
(Duration: 3:32)
Jun 23rd, 7:28pm
Boston
(Duration: 4:04)
Jun 28th, 11:42pm
Stars and Boulevards
(Duration: 4:21)
Jun 19th, 10:45pm
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Fan Comments

Aug 27th, 11:29pm
do any of u guys even bother coming on here at all????????????????????????????
Jul 1st, 2:00pm
Come, i'm taking you home with me x
May 21st, 6:25am
i love Sweet And Low&Stars and Boulevards&Boston and many more!! kep emotional song!!
Apr 16th, 7:37pm
have a good show tonight guys.
Apr 11th, 9:02pm
elow augustana!! i like ur Hey Now and Boston... that's the first 2 song i've heard from ur group and its good.. so talented!! ^^
Mar 29th, 10:58pm
random but i decided to listen to augustana because my name is Ana and I was born in August...