AUGUSTANA




The Album
All The Stars And Boulevards

The Track
"Boston"

The Label
Epic

Liner Notes
Road dogs Augustana proudly sport second generation pop/rock influences on their major label debut All the Stars and Boulevards, a musical storyboard of the young band hanging out in places like New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and San Diego. The seed was planted in Greenville, Illinois where West Coast native lead singer and songwriter Dan Layus met fellow music major Josiah Rosen in college. The two shared an appreciation for bands like Counting Crows and Radiohead and decided to form their own group, Augustana, which they think is Latin for something like "a small glimpse of hope." Layus and Rosen added Jared Palomar on keyboards and Justin South on drums. Before long, Augustana was auditioning major label showcases in New York and Los Angeles.

After being signed to Epic, they entered the Atlanta studio of big-time producer Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Spingsteen/Pearl Jam/Stone Temple Pilots/Neil Young). O'Brien helped define the band's nuanced Brit-pop sound. As Layus says, "Everyone varies on what they really love and what they listen to. But I think we meet in the right places." Epic is committed to breaking this band into the mainstream, launching it from within the AAA community. The first single is the catchy mid-tempo tune about a guy moving from Southern California to "Boston," complete with an irresistible dramatic Coldplay-style piano intro, soaring vocals and power chords. Oh, and did we mention that the song is currently taking off at the format, led by airplay in, appropriately enough, San Diego and Boston. 'A small glimpse of hope,' indeed.

The Musicians
Dan Layus, vocals, piano, guitar; Josiah Rosen, lead guitar, vocals; Jared Palomar, bass, keyboards, vocals; Justin South, drums

Site
www.augustanamusic.com
www.epicrecords.com

On
WXRV (The River) Boston
WTMD Towson-Baltimore
KPRI San Diego
KCLC St. Louis
WFPK Louisville
WRNX Springfield
WUIN (The Carolina Penguin) Wilmington
WAPS Akron
KSMT Breckenridge CO
KSQY (K-SKY) Rapid City SD
KMTN (The Mountain) Jackson WY

Tours/Appearances
1/10/06 Tempe, AZ, The Clubhouse
1/12/06 Los Angeles, Troubadour
1/15/06 Portland, OR, Doug Fir Lounge
1/17/06 Seattle, Crocodile Café
1/24/06 San Francisco, Café Du Nord
1/26/06 San Diego, Soma Sidestage

Press
"This sensitive, self-assured debut captures the searching of a particular time of life with enough beauty and resonance to make it universal."
—The Boston Globe

"Newcomer Augustana puts one foot in the solid soil of classic-sounding guitar-rock and the other in the ethereal sounds of contemporary Brit pop like Coldplay."
—Houston Chronicle

Retail
All The Stars And Boulevards is now in stores.

Contact
Lisa Sonkin, Epic