"Meet You There" by Augustana, Saturday, February 19, 2022
Best known for their hit, " Boston ," Augustana is a band whose members met at Greenville University in Illinois, where bands Jars of Clay and Paper Route also formed. Following up their debut album, All the Stars and Boulevards , the band released Can't Love, Can't Hurt in April of 2008. The lead single, " Sweet and Low " didn't chart as high as "Boston," and the band started fading into obscurity. The band's next album, their self-titled , was praised by American Songwriter , but by their fourth record, Life Imitating Life , only lead singer Dan Layus remained in the band. I'LL DRIVE ALL NIGHT. There's an energy to " Meet You There with Me " that made me think for years that it's all sunshine and roadtrips with the one you love. But the Americana pop-rock song talks more about the ups and downs of a relationship between people who love each other, but ultimately can't understand each other. The hope is that