Personnel: Dan Layus (vocals, guitar, piano); Josiah Rosen (vocals, guitar); Jared Palomar (vocals, keyboards); Brendan O'Brien (slide guitar, mandolin, keyboards, percussion, background vocals); Justin South (drums, percussion).

Audio Mixer: Brendan O'Brien.

Recording information: SOuthern Tracks Recording, Atlanta, GA.

Illustrator: John Craig.

Photographer: Douglas Avery.

Although Augustana's debut, ALL THE STARS & BOULEVARDS, didn't prove to be terribly successful upon its initial release in 2005, the album's re-issue in late '06 found the Los Angeles-based alternative-rock band garnering a wider audience. With its soaring piano-heavy anthems (see the majestic "Boston"), the group, led by plaintive-voiced frontman Dan Layus, has an appeal similar to that of the U.K. ensemble Keane, albeit with a more accessible sound and a distinctly American sheen.