Augustana (band)

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Augustana

Country	California, USA
Years active	2003-present
Genres	Alternative Rock, Piano Rock
Labels	Epic Records
Members	Dan Layus Chris Sachtleben Jared Palomar Justin South David Lamboureux

Augustana is a band that was originally formed when its first members met at Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois. Dan Layus and Josiah Rosen had found some success with their music, so they decided to quit school and move to Los Angeles with the hope of becoming a successful, professional band. Then-bassist Simeon Lorhmann decided to stay and finish school, after which he joined the band Pennington. The new group was officially formed in California in 2004. Their first major-label album, All the Stars and Boulevards, was produced by Epic Records and catapulted them into the spotlight. The band is perhaps best known for their single, Boston, the music video for which features the lead singer on a beach full of pianos. Augustana's contemplative, melodic sound is characterized by numerous piano lines and the breathy vocals of frontman Layus. Josiah Rosen left the band in April of 2006 and is currently awaiting the release of his first solo record, "a memoir," under the name the last almanac. They have been featured on numerous tours with artists such as Switchfoot, The Fray, Counting Crows, Snow Patrol, The Damnwells, Goo Goo Dolls, Acceptance, and Cartel. They are also renowned for their headlining shows which have seen them play to sold out club audiences nationwide.

1 Band members
2 Former Members
3 Discography
4 External links

[edit] Band members

Dan Layus: lead vocals, piano, guitar
Chris Sachtleben: lead guitar, mandolin
Jared Palomar: bass, keyboards, vocals
Justin South: drums
David Lamoureux: keyboard, vocals

[edit] Former Members

Kyle Baker: drums
Simeon Lohrmann: bass
Josiah Rosen: lead guitar, mandolin, vocals

[edit] Discography

Album Cover	Album Information
	Midwest Skies and Sleepless Mondays Released: early 2003 First full-length Augustana album distributed at shows in the Midwest and Southern California. Produced & Engineered by Jon King Only 1000 copies were produced.
	Mayfield EP Released: Fall 2003 This was a CD that Augustana produced themselves and distributed at shows in the Midwest. Only 25 copies were produced.
	All the Stars and Boulevards Released: September 6, 2005 Chart positions: #20 Billboard Top Heatseekers, reached #6 on KROQ's most requested list. Singles: Stars and Boulevards, Boston
	All the Stars and Boulevards (re-release) Released: September 12, 2006 This re-release of "All the Stars and Boulevards" was announced through the band's MySpace page and made available exclusively at Best Buy stores. It was also available on the Best Buy website, where it was sold out by the following day. The new features on this re-release are: a re-mixed version of "Wasteland", a new track named "Marie", acoustic versions of "Boston" and "Stars and Boulevards", and music videos for "Boston" and "Stars and Boulevards".

Year	Title	Chart positions
Year	Title	Billboard Hot 100	Billboard Pop 100	Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks	Hot Digital Songs
2005	"Boston"	#54	#41	#14	#22	All the Stars and Boulevards