Artist:Augustana
Song:Boston
Album:All the Stars and Boulevards
Augustana is a band that will likely remind you of similar bands like Coldplay. They scored a top 40 hit when Boston was played on a TV show. Singer pianist Daniel Layus and guitarist Josiah Rosen are from San Diego. They moved to Ohio to study Christian music at Greenville College. They formed Augustana with pianist David Lamoureux, bassist Simeon Lohrmann and drummer Kyle Baker. They released a couple of EPs. When the school was unhappy with them Layus and Rosen moved back to San Diego and foemed a new band with John Vincent on piano, Jared Palomar on bass and Justin South on drums. After signing with Epic, they released the 2005 album All the Stars and Boulevards produced by Brendan O'Brien who was a VP of Epic at the time. Boston appeared on several TV shows. But the song's appearance on Scrubs got them radio play. It reached #34 on the Billboard Hot 100. My guess is listeners thought it was a Coldplay song. When subsequent albums didn't do well, Augustana left Epic in 2011 after three albums. Augustana split up but Dayus continues to use the Augustana name. I assume he will continue to do that. Here's the video for Boston by Augustana.
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