Augustana

Aqui estoy peleándome con la conexión. Toda la semana esperando el finde, para poder bloguear y descargarme lo acumulado durante la semana, y nada, es imposible. Afortunadamente me ha dado por escuchar cosas que andaban por aqui (uff a ver también cuando miro la compilación que he da hacer ;) ). Y he decidido escuchar a Augustana. Por sus similitudes con el estilo de música de Train, Wallflowers, Goo Goo Dolls, Lifehouse... pues me ha gustado, qué voy a decir :) Si es de esa música que siempre me gusta. Creo que, aunque una intente ser abierta a escuchar nuevas cosas, siempre hay algo que le gusta más. O a lo que es más propenso. Y bueno, hacia mucho que no escuchaba este estilo, dado que últimamente estoy más con el Pop Indie y con algo de Electrónica.



Rock / Alternative

San Diego, California
United States

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Componentes:
Dan Layus, vocals, piano, guitar
Jared Palomar, bass, vocals
Justin South, drums

David Lamoureux, keys, vocals
Chris Sachtleben, lead guitar, Mandolin

Info recogida en amazon.com :

Augustana's finely burnished debut again points up the contrast between contemporary American rock's persistent navel-gazing and the vibrant, back-to-the-future vibe of resurgent Britpop. The angst-ridden lyrical pleas of mainstay Dan Layus are often informed by the band's restless westward travels from its Midwestern roots on tracks like the spare "Roosevelt" and lush, mid-tempo gem of a ballad, "Boston." Yet one can almost count the modern rock influences on the album's opening wall-of-guitar conceits, "Mayfield" and "Bullets," and elsewhere, the likely residue of Train and Wallflowers producer Brendan O'Brien's aggressive studio slickery. It's to Layus' and the band's credit that the album's best moments are usually its most emotionally and musically direct, as witnessed by the moody title track, "Boston" and folk-tinged closer, "Coffee and Cigarettes." The soaring drama of "California Burning" throws all those elements firmly against the wall and damned near makes ‘em stick, ample evidence that the band has the potential to rise above the comfortably safe familiarity that sometimes seems to constrain them here. --Jerry McCulley

Discografia:

All The Stars And Boulevards (Sept 2005)



1. Mayfield
2. Bullets
3. Hotel Roosevelt
4. Boston
5. Stars And Boulevards
6. Feel Fine
7. Wasteland
8. Lonely People
9. Sunday Best
10. California's Burning
11. Coffee And Cigarettes

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Boston

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