Claude says:Augustana started as college friends writing songs in southern Illinois before relocating to California and scoring an unlikely hit with "Boston" in the mid-2000s. Side A came a decade later, after lineup changes and a quieter stretch — indie rock with piano and guitar that still leans into Daniel Layus's earnest, arena-ready voice. You gave it a quick spin in early 2016, a year after release, circling "Climb" and "Must Be Love" a couple times before moving on.